were escorting
- past progressive of escort.
Example Sentences
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The incident occurred Wednesday morning while members of CDCR’s Investigative Services Unit were escorting a prisoner across the prison yard as part of a contraband investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Wednesday as officers were escorting an inmate across the yard as part of a contraband investigation at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
The two Philippine Coast Guard ships were escorting the Filipino commercial boats which carried supplies that are good for roughly one month.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2023
Authorities were escorting the Iranian tanker to Batam island, near Singapore, for further investigation, Kurnia said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
They were escorting a group of young women who carried cooking pots, bags of rice, mortars and pestles.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
