were catering
- past progressive of cater.
Example Sentences
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"So, we were catering for all the public at large, which was very important because people were so very frustrated and depressed."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2023
And doing that not so much by sending in more troops, but by making sure that we were catering our true presence there to the counter-terrorism threat.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2021
In other parts of the country, malls were opening, bars were filling up and boardwalks were catering to tourists as summer begins.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2020
She learned that the kind of companies that would hire her were catering to female consumers, and they assumed she would know about women.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2018
"Yes, yes, yes," cutting instantly into a leg of mutton, as if he were catering for a giant.
From Ten Girls from Dickens by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson