live
verb (used without object)
to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions.
were living
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past progressiveof live.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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The difference in southern Westchester is “you have a lot more quiet than you do than if you were living in the city,” said Mateo Lallemand, a sophomore at Rye Country Day School.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
According to LAHSA’s count, an estimated 45,194 homeless people were living in the city of L.A. when the count was conducted at the start of the year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
They only made one offer because they needed a home fast, as they were living in an Airbnb while house hunting.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Over a decade later, the New York Times thought the problem hadn’t been resolved, wondering whether we were living through a cultural “standstill.”
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Take for example, the forty-two-year-old African American man who applied for public housing for himself and his three children who were living with him at the time.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
