message
noun
a communication containing some information, news, advice, request, or the like, sent by messenger, telephone, email, or other means.
were messaging
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past progressiveof message.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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Britain's ITV television reported that its staff were messaging Widdecombe on Wednesday about a scheduled interview, with her last reply at 12.19 pm, after which she did not respond.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Captains, owners and managers of the more than 700 vessels stuck near Iran, carrying tens of billions of dollars in cargo, were messaging one another to try to make sense of Tehran’s shifting rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
It was his father who first told him to check messages on a kibbutz chat, where people were messaging about what was really going on - that gunmen had entered the area.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2023
When Buggs found out that the two were messaging, he called Partch and said to stay away, prosecutors say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
But within a week, they were messaging again.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
