bike
were biking
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past progressiveof bike.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 interceptor’s role isn’t obvious from a nearby onshore path, where people were biking, strolling and fishing on the perfectly temperate spring day.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Of the 11 who died so far this year, four were walking, two were biking and five people were either a driver or passenger inside a car.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
But there was no one around to restrain the Russian soldier that day in March when Yura and his father, 47-year-old Ruslan, were biking down a tree-lined street.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
But there were a lot of people who were biking at other times of day and on the weekends.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2022
After school, as Twig and I were biking back to her house, bundled up against the too-cold air, she said, “I think we should adopt him.”
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
