communicate
verb (used with object)
to impart knowledge of; make known.
were communicating
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past progressiveof communicate.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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Egypt’s foreign ministry and Banque Misr said they were communicating with U.S. authorities about Treasury’s allegations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
A 2017 report by Kenya's National Crime Research Centre blamed exam stress and long school terms and said students in different schools were communicating via smuggled phones, leading to copycat acts.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
This opened the gateway for Julie to learn they were communicating with someone impersonating Tegan.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024
And they found it also did a good job at cocking at ear at what dogs were communicating too.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
“The Carrows never rumbled how we were communicating, it drove them mad. We used to sneak out at night and put graffiti on the walls: Dumbledore’s Army, Still Recruiting, stuff like that. Snape hated it.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
