rewrite
verb (used with object)
to write in a different form or manner; revise.
were rewriting
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past progressiveof rewrite.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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Yet even as they were rewriting the rules of pop music, the dynamic between the two began to fray, especially after the death of their manager Brian Epstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
We were under such pressure, sometimes we were rewriting stuff the night before.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2023
The bizarre nature of viruses came to light just as scientists were rewriting their definition of life in the new language of biochemistry.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2021
In 1972, the Supreme Court suspended the death penalty on the grounds that it was a cruel and unusual punishment but within months some states were rewriting statutes to reinstate it.
From BBC ● May 6, 2018
If the Fabian Society were rewriting its Basis now I doubt if any section would insist even upon that eviscerated “without compensation.”
From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
