exchange
verb (used with object)
to give up (something) for something else; part with for some equivalent; change for another.
were exchanging
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past progressiveof exchange.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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As they were exchanging back slaps and handshakes, someone hurled the first insult: “Did My Little Pony throw up in your closet? I hate it when that happens.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
On 7 April 2020, Mr Orphan was at work and the couple were exchanging messages about what Ms Burley would have for dinner.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024
Some were exchanging vows for the first time, while others like Hazel Seivwright-Carney and her husband Rohan Carney came to renew their vows after eloping so many years ago, to the dismay of family.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
“I confessed to him that the first time I met one of my ex-boyfriends, we were exchanging music from the xx,” Gonzalez said in a video interview.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
Lockton and Madam were exchanging heated words across his desk by the time I bought in an armload of wood and a few coals from the kitchen in the copper coal carrier.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
