coach
noun
a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
were coaching
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past progressiveof coach.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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And on Tuesday, the headline in France’s sports daily L’Equipe was simply, “He Returns,” as though Wayne Gretzky were coaching Canada’s Olympic hockey team or Michael Jordan suddenly took over the Chicago Bulls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Two, by the third or fourth day of practice, the players were coaching each other.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Instead, he could wear one hat to any games or meets where his sons were coaching.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2019
“When I graduated college, I had three jobs, two of which were coaching and teaching. The other was trading commodities,” Waugh recalled.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 28, 2018
“Sprint for it hot,” he called very coolly, as though he were coaching me in a contest of the most amiable sort imaginable.
From The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson
