love
noun
a strong feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, such as for a parent, child, friend, or pet.
were loving
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past progressiveof love.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 loving, but also had no idea what to do with me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
“He wanted to create those same adventures people were loving in his films, but make them participants, put them into that world.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
“They were loving life and they hadn’t even started being people, they were three and five years old”, he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
We did the screening for these older people, and they were loving it. too.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2023
Her hobbies were loving her Lord and the Word of her Lord and “collecting leaves but only when they are laying right on the ground.”
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
