were attending
- past progressive of attend.
Example Sentences
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In high school, while their classmates were attending prom and cheering at football games, Olaf Hichwa and Soren Monroe-Anderson were building drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Three appliances and three "specialist resources" were attending the scene late on Friday evening.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
In other calls, he expressed excitement about that evening’s spectacle at the White House and asked various people if they were attending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Secret Service agents at a checkpoint a floor above the ballroom where Trump and other administration officials were attending the annual White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
And it struck Obinze that, a few years ago, they were attending weddings, now it was christenings and soon it would be funerals.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
