were convening
- past progressive of convene.
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
Many of those black delegates had been born into slavery, and now they were convening in Thomas Jefferson’s Capitol and invoking Jefferson’s words to claim their rights as citizens.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2018
The House and Senate Judiciary committees were convening for joint hearings on both issues.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 2016
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
