were completing
- past progressive of complete.
Example Sentences
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The employees were completing routine field work near the picturesque waters of Gumboot Lake when things took a terrifying turn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
He added that the team had experienced a busy period of call-outs in recent days and were completing another rescue when they came to Jeckyll and his owner's aid.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2023
At the same time, multilateral lenders were completing two rounds of debt relief that wrote down what many developing nations owed — in some cases to zero — and offered new grants and cut-rate loans.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
"Staff indicated that they were completing their review of the bank and of the broader horizontal review at that time and I was waiting for the results of that review," Barr said this week.
From Reuters ● Mar. 30, 2023
By now, the horses were completing the final leg of their lap, far enough away that they were just specks.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
