adjoin
verb (used with object)
to be close to or in contact with; abut on.
were adjoining
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past progressiveof adjoin.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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Hurricane Ian knocked down what remained of the 40-year-old string of six concrete-reinforced geodesic domes that were adjoining rooms in the 2,400-square-foot modular house.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2022
New restaurants and bars were added, as were adjoining tennis and golf clubs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their rooms were adjoining, and communicated by a door.
From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Gilbert Cannan
The Anthony and Read farms were adjoining a mile east of Adams, and lay upon the first level or "bench" of the Green mountains.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper
"We'll wake up as soon as my father and mother are asleep," said Bert to Harry, as they went to their rooms, which were adjoining ones.
From The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat by Laura Lee Hope
