tour
noun
a traveling around from place to place.
was touring
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past progressiveof tour.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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By age 25 Belafonte was touring nationally, and one listener, the film impresario Otto Preminger, cast him as the male lead in his 1954 movie, “Carmen Jones.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
After its debut, she says she gave a copy to her friend, composer Patrick Warren, who was touring with Tracy Chapman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
"When I was injured I was touring the sponsorship boxes at Northampton," he says.
From BBC ● May 21, 2025
“Our organization does not advocate a political solution to the conflict,” explained Shiri Ourian, executive director of American Friends of the Parents Circle, who was touring with Aramin and Zeigen.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024
One night there I attended a performance at a family circus that was touring the Andes.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
