interrupt
verb (used with object)
to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
were interrupting
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past progressiveof interrupt.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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This tour was originally scheduled to happen in 2020, and Hostetter traveled to the U.S. in preparation just as covid quarantines were interrupting international travel.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
Clare apologized, though he could hardly see what fun they were interrupting.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Then if I came into the parlor where you were I felt as if I were interrupting you, and you know you sometimes thought so too.
From Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sénécal called the persons who were interrupting to order.
From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Gustave Flaubert
You asked me when you came in if you were interrupting me, and I told you that you were not.
From The Strollers by Harrison Fisher
