refit
verb (used with object)
to fit, prepare, or equip again.
were refitting
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past progressiveof refit.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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Panzer Divisions, were refitting right where the 1st Airborne Division was going to land.
From Time Magazine Archive
While, however, their ships were refitting they were constantly in each other’s society.
From From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure by Archibald Webb
The sea, he said, was open; for the French ships had returned into port, and were refitting.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
We were refitting very leisurely, and had been in harbour nearly five weeks, when one afternoon we saw the Surprise towing in the Hermione.
From A Sailor of King George by A. Beckford Bevan
During the time that the ships were refitting, a small bark which had been captured was sent out on a cruise, and succeeded in taking a vessel of four hundred tons, laden with timber.
From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by William Henry Giles Kingston
