sort
noun
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature.
was sorting
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past progressiveof sort.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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In April, a formerly unhoused man participating in the mission’s long-term shelter program was sorting through piles of donations at the mission’s Burnside Shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
"I said 'I'm at home' and I explained I was sorting out the internet and my phone rang and it was one of my clients and I had to speak to them," she said.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
Now she was sorting out anniversary tokens of a sort, metal badges stamped with the battalion logo on one side and each fighter’s name, and blood type, on the other.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
“I think we started the first week of March, 1993,” said Schneider in a phone interview earlier this month from her family home in Windom, Minnesota, where she was sorting through old files.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
Wolf was nosing about in the back of the cave, and Renn was sorting herbs in her lap.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
