transport
verb (used with object)
to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
was transporting
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past progressiveof transport.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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Historians say U.S. commanders didn’t know the ship was transporting American prisoners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
While behind the wheel, the suspect allegedly struck a Long Beach Fire Department vehicle that was transporting a patient, the Police Department said in an emailed statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Nearby, George Zevali was taking the cover off the pick-up truck he uses for his water delivery business so that Israeli soldiers would be able to see what he was transporting.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
A vessel seized in Finland suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable between Helsinki and Tallinn was transporting Russian steel targeted by European Union sanctions, Finnish Customs said on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
Two months later, it met an inglorious end when, during the Battle of Fort Lee, the American ship that was transporting it was sunk by the British.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
