meet
verb (used with object)
to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter.
were meeting
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past progressiveof meet.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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Mollica: I hope they release some of the stuff that didn’t make the cut because we said some funny things when we were meeting for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Marcos Navarro, 22, a laboratory quality-control technician from Madrid, said protesters across Europe were meeting to share tactics.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Europe and Ukraine were meeting to discuss proposals to offer Moscow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Around the time the protesters were meeting Nadda, police and paramilitary forces moved in to clear Jantar Mantar.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Before long, Admiral Nimitz and his generals were meeting in that tent to discuss battle plans while we Navajo code talkers waited in the corner, right there next to the top brass.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
