bridge
noun
a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
were bridging
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past progressiveof bridge.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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I wanted to try to make sure that we were bridging that relationship as well as mother-daughter.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2024
His thoughts were bridging over the years and once more Angela was beside him.
From Peg O' My Heart by J. Hartley Manners
The two reunited ones within were bridging the gulf of forty years.
From The Boarded-Up House by Augusta Huiell Seaman
What a gap we were bridging, the half-raised veil of the eternal on the one side and the cabs of London on the other.
From The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Alexandra was only sixteen then, and mother and daughter were bridging a gap when there was no maid at all in the Salisbury kitchen.
From The Treasure by Kathleen Thompson Norris
