correspond
verb (used without object)
to be in agreement or conformity (often followed by with or to).
were corresponding
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past progressiveof correspond.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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No one knew they were corresponding with a feline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
According to Vanity Fair correspondent Nick Bilton’s book Hatching Twitter, Dorsey and Zuckerberg were corresponding for months to explore a potential deal.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2019
Describing Davidson as a "puppet" of Trump and Cohen, Daniels' suit argues that Trump knew Cohen and Davidson were corresponding in order to help him out.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2018
“I wondered if they were emailing critical things about the agency on government time and how frequently they were corresponding about this,” he said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
The nobles of Aquitaine were corresponding with Henry III. who always cherished the hope of reconquering the ample territories wrenched from the English crown by Philip Augustus.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
