were attaching
- past progressive of attach.
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
But it was impossible he could speak, even to his wife, of the suspicion they were attaching to Captain Thorn.
From East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
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 Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
