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
It was unclear whether any of these buildings were housing Russian soldiers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Me and my little brother were forced to share a room because our third room was always for whichever artist we were housing at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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 few habitués there, but a sprinkling of strangers, for we were housing another kindred institution pending its summer cleaning.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram
