tailor
noun
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
was tailoring
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past progressiveof tailor.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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Or pitch in baseball: The 2025 federal indictment of Guardians all-star Emmanuel Clase alleges that he was tailoring pitches to bets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Since he watched Guadagnino direct “Challengers” while writing “Queer,” Kuritzkes was tailoring the screenplay to the director’s artistic sensibilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
In addition, Dr. Stoffels said that Johnson & Johnson was tailoring a version of its vaccine with a protein patterned after the B.1.351 variant.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
He denied Tuesday that he was tailoring his testimony to help his son.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2020
The old man, when well enough, worked at his trade, which was tailoring.
From In Darkest England and the Way Out by William Booth
