execute
verb (used with object)
to carry out; accomplish.
were executing
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past progressiveof execute.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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Fenton brought along his up-tempo, no-huddle offense from Los Alamitos, and quarterbacks Ezrah Brown and Reagan Toki were executing it in midseason form.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
The bureau confirmed its agents were executing a “court authorized law enforcement action” at the county’s main election center just south of Atlanta but offered no other details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Koch adds: "They'd look like they were mis-hits and crowds would boo, but we knew what we were executing."
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
“They were executing late and we didn’t,” Booker said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
Two card-tables were made up in the adjoining card-room, and two pair of old ladies, and a corresponding number of stout gentlemen, were executing whist therein.
From The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
