roof
noun
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
were roofing
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past progressiveof roof.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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The barn was now up, and the carpenters were roofing it in, while two days more of work would complete the sty and poultry-house.
From Driven Back to Eden by Roe, Edward Payson
