attach
verb (used with object)
to fasten or affix; join; connect.
were attaching
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past progressiveof attach.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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Chinese state-owned news outlet The Paper said that local officials were attaching "great importance" to the issue.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
“The vitriol that people were attaching you with, and people that we both know.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
It's even revived the career of Steed Malbranque, an entity previously so lifeless strangers in County Durham were attaching floral tributes to it.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2010
The horsemen were tightening the girths of the saddle and bridling the horses; the infantry were taking their muskets, stacked before the houses; others were attaching horses to wagons.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
He saw us, however, and immediately wigwagged with his handkerchief to several others down at the bridge where they were attaching a pair of wires to the planking.
From The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
