elect
verb (used with object)
to choose or select by vote, as for an office.
were electing
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past progressiveof elect.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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After Reconstruction several decades later, states were electing their representatives through single-member districts.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025
Voters also were electing 137 members of the national assembly.
From Reuters ● Aug. 20, 2023
Voters were electing lawmakers to the country’s 199-seat parliament.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2022
“Even while we were electing Bill Clinton president, we were voting for John Rowland, a Republican, for governor,” said Professor Schurin, who teaches a course on state politics.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
Academies of science, at home and abroad, were electing him to membership.
From The Gist of Swedenborg by Julian K. Smyth
