were excavating
- past progressive of excavate.
Example Sentences
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They noticed fossils on the surface and were excavating to try and find the source.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2024
Cleanup of the derailment site, where contracted crews this week were excavating soil under the train tracks, is ongoing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2023
When Ivory discussed these data with Yale University paleoanthropologist Jessica Thompson and her colleagues, who were excavating nearby archaeological sites along the northern shores of the lake, an explanation came into focus: human activity.
From Scientific American ● May 5, 2021
Now the archaeologists were excavating a site just up the hill, which seemed to be the attached monastery; construction on the stupa likely began around the year 400.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
After lunch on August 11, while we were excavating some buried kerosene, Jones sighted a group of seven Emperor penguins two miles away over the western floe.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
