dispatch
verb (used with object)
to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
were dispatching
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past progressiveof dispatch.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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He said governors of other Brazilian states were dispatching security reinforcements to the capital.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2023
Pakistan says it has received aid from some countries and others were dispatching aid, too.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
The country’s disaster management authorities said they were dispatching relief aid to the affected area but mudslides in mountainous areas were delaying delivery.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2021
France and the United Nations said they were dispatching their own analysts to Saudi Arabia to analyze the attack.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2019
Accidents might occur to the unhappy little ones thus sent, bringing odium on the benevolent persons who were dispatching them to the country.
From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Charles Loring Brace
