design
verb (used with object)
to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of.
were designing
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past progressiveof design.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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Rivals believed Horner was doing it out of concerns that the engine Red Bull were designing for next year in their new in-house facility will be uncompetitive compared to Mercedes.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
“If we were designing it from scratch, we might not design it the way we have it now,” Kate Lowe, a planning professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, told me.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2025
The new study grew out of the group's focus on filtration during the height of the Covid pandemic, when the researchers were designing face masks to filter out the virus.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
“If we were designing the process, there are things I would have done differently,” said Derrick Wheeler-Smith, director of the Office for Civil Rights.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
He scanned the temple’s interior, thinking: If I were designing a secret passage, where would I put it?
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
