convene
verb (used without object)
to come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose.
were convening
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past progressiveof convene.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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Rukchanok Srinork arrived at the court building in the capital, Bangkok, while her fellow lawmakers were convening in Parliament.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Justice John Few opined as to why the court was considering the issue at all, given that state lawmakers - who could make changes to state law - were convening in Columbia as he spoke.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2020
Last month, foreign policy experts and officials were convening at a Sochi mountain hotel complex for a conference attended by Putin. The resort city was hosting more than 25,000 participants in the World Festival of Youth and Students.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2017
Foreign ministers of all six countries were convening in Vienna on Monday and Tuesday in hopes of making tough policy decisions that their subordinates passed along to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2015
On Wednesday, that fatal day,25 The people were convening; Besides all this, threescore and ten, To gang to the bridesteel wi' him.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
