remake
verb (used with object)
to make again or anew.
were remaking
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past progressiveof remake.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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That’s one way that I started to become creative, being around the swap meet, because we were selling things that we basically were remaking, giving these objects different stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
“Raiders” is visually superior, and we were remaking it, but our consciousness was that this was our world that we have control over, so let’s make it the best film we can for ourselves.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2016
The Cavaliers were remaking themselves for a title run in a hurry.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2014
While the Beatles and other British groups were remaking the face of rock `n' roll during the so-called British invasion of America in the mid-1960s, Walker moved from the United States to England instead.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2011
The room-sized machines were remaking the old models of aeronautical research; their ascendance marked the beginning of an era that promised to be even more momentous than the one ushered in by the flying machine.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
