contact
noun
the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
were contacting
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past progressiveof contact.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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Accounts were contacting her family's workplaces, and even pubs in her neighbourhood she had never visited.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
“I thought they were contacting other people,” Goldberg said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
Aliasghar Ramezanpoor, executive news director at Iran International, said many Iranians were contacting the station to express happiness at Raisi’s death.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
Mr. Brandsen said Russian dancers were contacting him daily saying, “I can’t be myself as an artist in this country.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
All sorts of people were contacting us with wide-ranging claims of corruption and misconduct.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
