air
noun
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
were airing
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past progressiveof air.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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In the age of streaming, keeping people hooked by one show for a long period of time is less relevant than it was when shows were airing for months at a time on linear TV.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2022
About seven million have been tuning in, a decline of only 11 percent from May, when new episodes were airing, according to Nielsen data.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
Those protesters were airing complaints about racial injustice and police brutality.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2021
The campaign last week took a brief hiatus from the airwaves, as new campaign manager Bill Stepien conducted a review of where and when their ads were airing.
From Fox News ● Aug. 3, 2020
This room was empty, but, as on her last visit, a fire roared in the kitchener, before which innumerable rows of little garments were airing.
From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can) Newte
