concert
noun
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
were concerting
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past progressiveof concert.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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We knew long ago what they were concerting and planning among themselves, and the same thing is going on now on all the neighbouring works.
From Success and How He Won It by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
Spain having declared war upon England in the previous fall, British emissaries, it was rumored, were concerting plans for the conquest of New Orleans and West Florida.
From Union and Democracy by Allen Johnson
In the meanwhile the authorities of the town were concerting measures to prevent the threatened collision.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell
The Pope showed much sagacity in calling this council at the moment when Charles and his inveterate enemy, Francis I, were concerting the suppression of the Protestants.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Rossiter Johnson
The police were concerting preventive measures, when the other students requested to be allowed to maintain the peace.
From The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt
