were filtering
- past progressive of filter.
Example Sentences
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Soon, real and doctored versions of those photos were filtering their way across the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
My goal was to see how these programs were filtering the nearly 3-month-old coronavirus crisis.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2020
Worshippers from all three were filtering in, many of them older, taking their time.
From Fox News ● Oct. 30, 2018
Already, the first hints of real trouble were filtering in to his campaign headquarters.
From Washington Post
By this time several other of his assistants were filtering in and out of the small anteroom alongside the stage.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
