refuel
verb (used with object)
to supply again with fuel.
were refueling
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past progressiveof refuel.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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We were stuck in a petrol station where they were refueling, and we were three minutes from the army.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
The standoff began when a State Police trooper stopped to offer assistance to the vehicles he found on the side of the highway that were refueling.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2021
Men, heavily armed and wearing military-style tactical clothing, were refueling their vehicles.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2021
At another station on the town’s outskirts where cars were refueling, 75 vehicles lined up.
From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 21, 2011
The KC-135 tankers, according to New Hampshire Representative Louis Wyman, were refueling U.S. aircraft en route to Israel over the Atlantic.
From Time Magazine Archive
