finish
verb (used with object)
to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete.
were finishing
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past progressiveof finish.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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We became friends working on student films and reconnected when Ryan and Zinzi were finishing “Black Panther.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
On another occasion when they were finishing an interview at his flat, while saying goodbye, she said, Wallace initiated a “really big hug”.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024
Among her first assignments: writing a story about a group of artists who were finishing a large, public mural.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
The dates suggested the impacts that shattered the parent objects happened startlingly early, most likely driven by a giant planet migration at 11 million years, just as the inner planets were finishing being formed.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 16, 2024
Grandma Fatima stayed with us and took care of Maha, Mother, and the new baby while my brothers and I were finishing school.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
