erect
adjective
upright in position or posture.
were erecting
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past progressiveof erect.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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Romanian reports said police were erecting barriers around the building.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2025
The monument was erected in Tuskegee at a time when groups all over the South were erecting Civil War memorials to honor rebel troops and portray the cause of the slave-holding Confederacy as noble.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2021
In colonial Old San Juan, police were erecting concrete barricades and shop owners were covering store windows with metal sheeting or plywood as if a hurricane were coming.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2019
Meanwhile, cellphone companies were erecting their towers in cities at an ever-quickening rate, further shrinking Iridium’s niche.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2016
When he had gone only a short distance, he realized that, while they were erecting the stall, one of them had spoken Arabic and the other Spanish.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
