interview
noun
a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person.
were interviewing
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past progressiveof interview.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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She said U.S. forces executed a warrant for the Skipper, and that investigators were interviewing its crew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
The former Apprentice star and social media personality left the Elstree Studios event after talking to a group of journalists who were interviewing him alongside fellow 2025 contestant Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
His two deputies were interviewing for internal positions, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024
When you were interviewing these people, what did you find motivated them?
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023
I remember they were interviewing the father of a missing girl.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
