book
noun
a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
were booking
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past progressiveof book.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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Pay-what-you-can, free shows and cancelled events were excluded from the analysis, as were booking fees.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Bloomberg reported Monday that traders were booking cargo slots on airplanes to fly physical silver to London and exploit the disparity.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025
In November, searches for "Dali" on WeChat were up 7% from a year ago, having surged some 290% on one day in late July, when many Chinese were booking summer trips.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023
“I made a mistake. When we were booking shows, I wasn’t looking into it,” Healy told the crowd Friday at the Good Vibes Festival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
Messrs. Macpherson and Fripp, it stated, were booking guests for the remainder of the season and urged those who had a taste for the Great Outdoors to consider what they had to offer.
From The Dude Wrangler by Caroline Lockhart
