piece
noun
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something.
were piecing
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past progressiveof piece.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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He said detectives were piecing together how the "sensitive and complex" incident happened.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Wiese said they were piecing together information from some 40 witnesses — many of whom didn’t speak English — and didn’t want to broadcast incorrect information.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Chin, Chan, Inada, and Wong founded the Combined Asian American Resources Project in order to preserve the literary history that they were piecing together.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 30, 2019
We were piecing together a quilt of noise.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2016
And the women were piecing together another quilt, only this time, instead of a victory quilt, it was a friendship quilt, and they asked Miss Sadie to make the center square.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
