disembark
verb (used without object)
to go ashore from a ship.
were disembarking
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past progressiveof disembark.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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Those who were disembarking or joining the cruise will now do so on 27 February, the Norwegian Cruise Line spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2024
Police were later searching passengers as they were disembarking and their luggage was lined up outside the aircraft.
From Reuters ● Jan. 22, 2023
Sunday night as passengers were disembarking the plane at Miami International Airport.
From Fox News ● Jul. 20, 2021
At a south Formosan port where Hainan evacuees were disembarking, I asked a wounded young captain: "Could you have defeated the Communists on Hainan if you had not been ordered to withdraw?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Some days there were as many as a hundred, when the soldiers were disembarking.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
