tutor
noun
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
was tutoring
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past progressiveof tutor.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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Comedian and writer John Finnemore was tutoring and occasionally writing for sketch shows when he passed his pilot Cabin Pressure script to comedy producer David Tyler.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2018
As part of his ploy to throw off detectives, Wozniak used Herr's phone to send messages to Kibuishi, who was tutoring Herr.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2016
Cohn may have been a true friend, once, long ago, when he was tutoring young Trump in smash-mouth PR.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2016
Tutors,LLC Add a Reply Cancel Yesterday, I was tutoring an 8th grade boy in one and two step equations.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2012
He wasn’t doing fifth-period Office Duty anymore, since Mr. D’Ulney had nominated him for Math Olympiad in April, so fifth period he was tutoring Joseph in trigonometry.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
