were loading
- past progressive of load.
Example Sentences
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Even before software’s steep selloff last month, hedge funds as a group had been fleeing the sector, and were loading up on hard tech stocks, especially those of semiconductor companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
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
Past searches also include two “Middle Eastern” men who were loading boxes of cleaning supplies into a vehicle and a state court judge who had complained to the FBI about civil rights violations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
The women were loading the car with clothes when they returned to the house in Chester Row to get further items, the force said.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2023
But by then they were loading Rain onto a stretcher to rush her in for X-rays.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
