were explaining
- past progressive of explain.
Example Sentences
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How would you counter that perspective if you were explaining it to a layperson who may be convinced by that argument?
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2022
During the World Cup, England would often put him up to brighten up rainy day press conferences when his less creative teammates were explaining they were going to take each game as it came.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2019
You were explaining the plan to simply dismantle the encyclopedia as traditionally conceived, in favor of a constant rearrangement of LACMA’s collection to make perpetually changing thematic exhibitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2019
Another Western diplomat said foreign ambassadors were explaining their countries' positions to Congress in the hope that they would find their way to the White House.
From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2017
Sometimes, for dramatic effect, we would hold the flashlights under our chins while we were explaining something in detail.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
