locate
verb (used with object)
to identify or discover the place or location of.
were locating
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past progressiveof locate.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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“They were locating the sicknesses themselves,” Newland said.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2015
If Chamberlain were locating his fastball better, Manager said that he thought he would have used it more against Bautista.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2010
While the flagship New York, her sister cruiser, the Cincinnati, and the monitor Puritan were locating the defenses of Matanzas harbor the batteries guarding the entrance opened fire on the New York.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White
He lived alone and had never been disturbed by the white settlers, who were locating in different parts of the territory.
From The Lost Trail by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Woodchucks, so fat from their summer feeding that it seemed as if their coats must split, were locating their winter homes where they might sleep comfortably during the cold months.
From Followers of the Trail by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
