were housing
- past progressive of house.
Example Sentences
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As of March, 18 local authority areas in Scotland were housing 1,352 asylum seekers in hotels.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
The items that saw the most increase in November were housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, up 8.7% due to a reduction in state subsidies.
From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2022
But the blaze then spread to two other homes, which were housing two families, authorities said.
From Fox News ● Feb. 4, 2022
“There were many of those ruined houses, bomb-wrecked houses that were housing experimental music goings-on.”
From New York Times ● May 28, 2021
But when I inquired there they informed me that they were housing no English duchess.
From An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 by Orpen, William, Sir
