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
Hutten was bent upon the speedy carrying out of the revolution which both he and Luther were forwarding by their powerful writings.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
Their writings, their patronage, their talk was of Ireland; yet it hardly occurred to them that the ideal would flow into the practical, or that they, with their dread of agitation, were forwarding a revolution.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
