convoy
verb (used with object)
to accompany or escort, usually for protection.
were convoying
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past progressiveof convoy.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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Their cargo was hardly of the common-market variety: 75 tons of Chinese weapons, which they were convoying from Tanzania to Uganda.
From Time Magazine Archive
Navy denials, that U.S. warships actually were convoying British vessels long before the U.S. went actively to war.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the time, Alfred and this other man, whose name was Tom, were convoying a band of Mexican vaqueros over to the Circle-X outfit.
From Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life by Stewart Edward White
"This is my section," said Dr. Elizabeth Black; and the three women who were convoying her down the aisle crowded around her for a last good-bye.
From Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories by Florence Finch Kelly
On the first day of September, news reached Major Noguera that the enemy were convoying a stock of supplies in the neighborhood where he was stationed.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
