affix
verb (used with object)
to fasten, join, or attach (usually followed byto ).
were affixing
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past progressiveof affix.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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Men of all classes were affixing titles to their names, and refusing any work—especially any sort of manual labor—unless it suited their new "rank."
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Robert S. Rudder
Men were affixing additional gas-jets to the great candelabra, making ready for the evening illumination.
From A Venetian June by Anna Fuller
The family were sitting in a circle, and one and all were affixing their seals to the petition of disinheritance.
From Tales of Old Japan by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron Redesdale
While the signers of the Declaration of Independence were affixing their names—a procedure which reached from August 2d into November—Paine resigned his Pennsylvania Magazine, and marched with his musket to the front.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Moncure Daniel Conway
Before night, too, a petition, addressed to the Selectmen, was circulating all over the town, and large numbers were affixing their names to it.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 by Various
