fast
adjective
were fasting
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past progressiveof fast.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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A notebook was found in the flat in Ms Abubakar's handwriting which detailed a number of occasions when she and Taiwo were fasting to seek help from God during the coronavirus pandemic.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2023
Armed troops walked the neighborhood, occasionally popping into stores to greet people who were fasting as part of the month-long observation of Ramadan.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2021
Some were fasting in 24-hour shifts, relay style; others were fasting 103 hours, to honor the 1.03 million people who’d reportedly marched on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019
In 2015, nearly 700 people died in Karachi alone from a heatwave that struck Pakistan while many were fasting for Ramadan.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2017
The next morning we woke early and set out for the chapel, telling our hosts that we were fasting so as not to give them any further bother.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
