flow
verb (used without object)
to move along in a stream.
were flowing
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past progressiveof flow.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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In Havana's leafy middle-class Vedado neighborhood, pints at a dollar a pop were flowing at a watch party in a cultural center festooned with a Brazil flag and World Cup bunting.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
By the end boundaries were flowing off the bat of Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra at an alarming rate, the contest expected by those who did turn up long over.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
“He always came prepared, steps literally were flowing out of him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
Mark Muro, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Seattle native, uses a narrower definition of the time when talent and companies were flowing back to cities.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
I screamed at him through my tears, which were flowing relentlessly now.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
