wire
noun
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
was wiring
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past progressiveof wire.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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Its partner Clay Dumas said Lowercarbon would provide payroll support for the next two weeks and was wiring funds out Monday.
From Reuters ● Mar. 12, 2023
“By age 12, I was wiring solar panels and digging wells,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
A large project she was wiring had to go before the county’s Planning and Zoning Department, and after pulling into the parking lot of Eck Supply Co., she went in to chat with the staff.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2016
Sonos sold systems to about 7,000 households that year, MacFarlane says, mostly via high-end audio stores, whose main line of business was wiring complex speaker systems through rich people’s homes.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 30, 2014
As though I could see you, George, when you were off duck shooting and when I was wiring everywhere I knew to try to get in touch with you.
From The Financier, a novel by Theodore Dreiser
