forward
adverb
were forwarding
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past progressiveof forward.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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Authorities in states including Florida were forwarding to the nation’s online retail giants - including Amazon, Walmart and eBay - reports that third-party sellers on their sites were overcharging.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 19, 2020
I sent it to three friends, and they were forwarding it on to people who were forwarding it onto people.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2018
"Certain people at my label were forwarding photos of Lana Del Rey, as if to say, 'Use this example for your press shots', and I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?'"
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2013
He was a worthy superintendent of the group of adventurers inflamed by patriotic enthusiasm who were forwarding supplies to the submarines in the Spanish Mediterranean.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
Others were forwarding letters—heaps of them—from men who may be dead.
From Westways by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell
