were canoeing

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of canoe.
  canoe

  noun

  any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.

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were canoeing

There were canoeing and lanyard making, but no color wars, per se — campers were instead assigned a country, studied its history and politics, and then composed a national anthem for it.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2013

About noon, when Hubbard had gone ahead with a pack, George and I sighted two small black ducks while we were canoeing across a pond.

From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace

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