were choosing
- past progressive of choose.
Example Sentences
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It also said some other customers were choosing instead to use their credit cards or digital payments while abroad.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Police were "choosing to make arrests despite the government's ban on the group being ruled unlawful by the High Court, and leading lawyers warning that any arrests would be unlawful", it added in a statement.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
Because of limitations in national enrollment data, the study couldn’t account for scholarships, making it hard to determine whether the California students were choosing out-of-state options because of financial aid incentives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025
Albertsons Chief Executive Susan Morris said on a Tuesday earnings call that shoppers were choosing smaller package sizes and using more coupons to reduce their grocery bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Because after you died, it’s not like you were choosing to ignore my letters.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
