loan
noun
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something.
were loaning
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past progressiveof loan.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 people that were loaning us money had to work out what vehicle they were going to do the loans on.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
In essence, U.S. banks were loaning money to Germany that it was using to pay Britain and France, which in turn used that money to pay back their own debts to the United States.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Technically, they were loaning digital assets to Celsius, essentially making user deposits unsecured loans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
Carr knew the ins and outs of the deal if he were loaning money on it.
From Burned Bridges by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
