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
Sénécal called the persons who were interrupting to order.
From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Gustave Flaubert
He had hardly spoken to me, and I felt as if I were interrupting a reverie—but I wanted to know.
From The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad
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
