visit
verb (used with object)
to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc..
was visiting
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past progressiveof visit.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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Even farther back was Brandon Santiago, 29, who was visiting from New York for a wedding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Two managed to get out of the water, but the teenage boy, who was visiting the area on holiday from Yorkshire, was unaccounted for.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The 26-year-old was visiting from Scotland to attend a Celtics basketball game when his U.K. license got rejected from half-a-dozen bars in one night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Victoria, a 36-year-old genealogist, was visiting the market for the first time.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Luckily for her, she was visiting her daughter and grandchildren on the other side of Kobani at the time.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
