harvest
noun
the gathering of crops.
were harvesting
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past progressiveof harvest.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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He described how last October, he and his wife were harvesting olives when intense explosions nearby forced them to flee to Beirut, where they remain.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
Before long, U.S. companies were harvesting millions of bathtubs of oil every day.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 15, 2023
Many plantations were harvesting with two-thirds or less of the required workforce, after government coronavirus restrictions cut off the usual supply of migrant workers from Indonesia and South Asia.
From Reuters ● Sep. 5, 2021
The al-Masri family were harvesting wheat in an open field in Beit Hanoun by their house overlooking Gaza’s border with Israel.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
When the Haudenosaunee hunted these animals, the historian William Cronon observed, they were harvesting a foodstuff which they had consciously been instrumental in creating.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
