email
noun
a system for sending messages to one or more recipients via telecommunications links between computers using dedicated software or a web-based service.
were emailing
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past progressiveof email.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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“And Noah, we were emailing once and he said, ‘There’d be no Noah without the Lumineers.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025
Inside the firm, workers were emailing each other to see if their friends and colleagues still had jobs.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
Waber and I were emailing about a project when I asked how he'd become known for that combination.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2022
My American friends were emailing and texting, expressing sympathy, asking what they could do.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
“Families who had told me that equity was crucial for them were emailing me being like, Well, that seems complicated,” she said.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2020
