were attacking
- past progressive of attack.
Example Sentences
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"But when I held one of them… I realised that foreign fighters were attacking our country."
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
Both sides were attacking with abandon in a very open first half and it was remarkable they went in goalless at the break.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
When he was on the Buckley show and defending what it meant to be a Beat from Buckley and other people who were attacking counterculture, he said it was a movement of tenderness.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2025
The president was Ronald Reagan, the year was 1982, and the battlefield was Lebanon, where Israelis were attacking Palestinian fighters.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
For a year while I was at the camp, Met Bong told me everyday the Youns were attacking Cambodia and that the mighty Khmer Rouge army would defeat them.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
