set
verb (used with object)
to put (something or someone) in a particular place.
was setting
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past progressiveof set.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was the beginning of her junior year, and 20-year-old Mia Tedesco was setting up a table for the campus open house where more than 200 recognized student organizations were preparing to recruit new students.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
In 1959, Draper’s father was setting up a pioneering venture-capital firm—Draper, Gaither & Anderson, partly financed by the Rockefeller family—in Palo Alto, Calif., and persuaded his son to join that effort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“It was right around when the sun was setting, and I have a west-facing window, so it was just really hot,” Basu said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Jersey Astronomy Club said it was setting up several solar telescopes by the slip at Le Braye on St Ouens Bay and it planned to have a supply of solar glasses for people to wear.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The sun was setting, and it was as if someone had taken a brush with pink paint and made a streak across the sky, which was pale blue but getting darker by the minute.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
