upload
verb (used with object)
to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a smaller to a larger computer.
was uploading
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past progressiveof upload.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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Chmerkovskiy was uploading photos and videos of the ongoing war onto his social media account.
From Fox News ● Mar. 17, 2022
Ruth was arrested last year after investigators intercepted files he was uploading to his computer.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2019
I would have my laptop but I had to leave it at the hotel because I was uploading some stems.
From The Verge ● Mar. 1, 2019
When Lil Jupiter first started the account, he was uploading a hundred and thirty photos a day.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 26, 2018
Five years ago, a teenager in New Zealand named Ella Yelich-O’Connor was uploading her songs to SoundCloud in obscurity.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2017
