were assembling
- past progressive of assemble.
Example Sentences
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The simulations indicate that a substantial fraction of icy grains likely formed COMs and carried them into the region where Jupiter's moons were assembling.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
Yes, and that framing is really critical to what we were trying to accomplish and what we had in mind as we were assembling these teams and selecting these stories.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2025
After an inconclusive election on July 23, newly elected legislators were assembling on Thursday to pick the speaker in a vote.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2023
The building was not even complete by the time people were assembling the first plane in the 1960s, and it is now the largest by volume in the world.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
All the soon-to-be-formed covens were assembling into circles around the square, waiting for the Gran to seal their fates.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
