engineer
noun
a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering.
were engineering
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past progressiveof engineer.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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In an interview with the MIT Technology Review last year, for example, Baric noted that just three or four labs were engineering bat coronaviruses before the pandemic, but that number has since multiplied.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2022
Leonardo then blurred the line between fantasy and reality when he went on to try to create real flying machines that were engineering marvels!
From National Geographic ● Nov. 4, 2017
In this competition, New York papers were engineering what was seen as a war on society.
From Slate ● May 3, 2013
“Unfortunately, they were engineering personnel and they were building billeting for the A.N.A.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2013
That it would turn without crushing its bearings and rotate smoothly and true were engineering hopes supported only by calculations that reflected known qualities of iron and steel.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
