fetch
verb (used with object)
to go and bring back; return with; get.
were fetching
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past progressiveof fetch.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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The price tag some vintage graphic T-shirts were fetching at a recent ThriftCon clothing convention in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Within months, Carole's house had been completely cleared out and sold for £355,000 - a low price, the neighbours thought, considering other houses in the street were fetching up to half a million.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
About 10,000 Buffett and Munger Squishmallows were sold, and by Monday they were fetching as much as $255 at auction on eBay.
From Reuters ● May 8, 2023
TicketIQ, which tracks resale data, reported that most competition days were fetching lower prices than in 2019, the last time Augusta National was open as usual for the tournament.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
He was not really fetching them: They were fetching him.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
