load
noun
were loading
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past progressiveof load.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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It landed just as shoppers were loading up on boxed meals and non-perishable eats, a dissonance that feels almost poetic: a culture clinging to glamour even as the cupboards start to echo.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025
“Even as they were loading us onto the bus, we didn’t want to get our hopes up,” Sarraj said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
They were loading the stuff into their trucks as a Santa Monica Police Department cruiser rolled by, repeating a mandatory evacuation order from the loudspeaker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
It happened when the designer and another woman were loading clothes into a Range Rover, the Met said.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2023
“Is a stubborn one,” my gramps’s friend said as we were loading up the truck.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
