taxi
noun
a taxicab.
was taxiing
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past progressiveof taxi.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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The smell started while the plane was taxiing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
The coast guard plane said it was taxiing to the same runway, and traffic control instructed it to proceed to the stop line before the runway.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
He said the aircraft was taxiing toward takeoff when the captain announced “a situation with a passenger” required a return to the terminal.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2022
The footballer had also expressed his fears about the aircraft in a voice note sent to his closest friends as the plane was taxiing on the runway at Nantes Atlantique Airport.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2022
But a group of Yak fighters was taxiing along the runway.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
