orchestrate
verb (used with or without object)
to compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra.
were orchestrating
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past progressiveof orchestrate.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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It’s not just that the ad is a car crash — it’s that the people who poured so much work and money into something so off-putting appear to have thought they were orchestrating a parade.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said that while protesters there were well coordinated it was “too early to tell” whether specific groups were orchestrating any of the rioting there.
From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2020
Trevion Williams contributed 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists while the Boilermakers were orchestrating a strong defensive performance in a 71-42 stifling of the Spartans.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2020
He went on: "Stephen Nisbet was controlling - he was using phones that were orchestrating what was happening outside."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2015
The emails were taken out of context to suggest that scientists were orchestrating a conspiracy to foist global warming onto an unsuspecting public.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 23, 2015
