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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The researchers wanted to know whether E-cadherin and its partners were attaching to the dying cell in the same way they normally attach neighboring epithelial cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
Some of the firemen were hauling hose from a cart, while others were attaching an end of one length to a fireplug.
From The Submarine Boys and the Spies Dodging the Sharks of the Deep by Victor G. Durham
