drive
verb (used with object)
to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive back an attacking army;
were driving
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past progressiveof drive.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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"Our findings provided no evidence that differences in diet or foraging were driving the development of the sharks' sex-specific head shapes," said Liu.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Thousands of drivers have filed complaints with U.S. auto-safety regulators describing jarring incidents in which their sunroof unexpectedly exploded or shattered, often while they were driving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The men were driving at “extremely high speeds” as they approached the intersection of Ridgecrest Road and Elmwood Drive, where Dailey was exiting her neighborhood, the CHP said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ingrid Stokes, who was present at the time of the shooting, testified that she and her friends were driving around Las Vegas that night, before they ran into Knight and Shakur.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
When they were driving through one village she saw a man by the roadside sticking a Band-Aid on the grazed knee of a tearful little girl.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
