construct
verb (used with object)
were constructing
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past progressiveof construct.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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“It was very important, as we were constructing it, that we were clear that we are sensitive to all of the antisemitism going on in this moment,” Bilal said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
If people don’t submit their applications in time, it can jeopardize the new lives they were constructing in their adopted cities.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
Ironically, scholars were constructing this Black canon just as literary studies was deconstructing the canon of Western literature as a whole: globalizing it, feminizing it, queering it, racially diversifying it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
But that’s the same work you’d have to do if you were constructing the database from scratch.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2022
We were working on our projects for Main Street, which is a scale model of a city block that were constructing in the back of our classroom.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
