write
verb (used with object)
to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe.
was writing
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past progressiveof write.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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When I told Leroy about the article I was writing, he immediately remembered a guy he’d met in Green Haven.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
This last week, getting to direct a piece that I wrote, was even more fun because I’d pictured it already in my mind when I was writing it, which is a form of prep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Kaye was writing about music — for publications like Rock Scene, Crawdaddy and Rolling Stone — when the discipline was still nascent.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Nolan's son walked into his office when he was writing the new film and noticed that the Oppenheimer Oscar statuettes had disappeared.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
She hit send and waited, watching for the little dots that would show her mother was writing back.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
