renovate
verb (used with object)
to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
were renovating
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past progressiveof renovate.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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According to Roman, the fire began while contractors were renovating the roof, on the third floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
New buyers were renovating their house in eastern France when they discovered something strange in the attic - the previous owner's body, prosecutors said on Monday.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024
Fourteen construction workers who were renovating a Yale University-owned building were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning on Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
In October of 2019, the Gaines announced they were renovating an old 53,000-square-foot building in Waco and flipping it into a hotel.
From Fox News ● Jul. 15, 2021
Mohamed, my best friend, couldn’t come because he and his father were renovating their thatched- roof kitchen that day.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
