fly
noun
any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.
were flying
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past progressiveof fly.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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I watched the match in a sports bar in Philadelphia and the goals were flying in.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Shares of Snowflake were flying toward their highest level ever in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the cloud software company beat fiscal first-quarter earnings expectations by a wide margin, and raised its full-year outlook.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
United, Delta and other airline stocks were flying early Wednesday as the sector finally put the Iran war in its wake.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
“We were building the plane while we were flying it,” Weiner said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
But the clouds had now become so thick that the Pe-2s were flying lower than they’d planned.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
