screen
noun
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
were screening
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past progressiveof screen.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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Everyone knew their jobs, with Fernandes dropping in and helping Kobbie Mainoo and Casemiro, who were screening the back four nicely.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
“We were running our sets. We were screening well. Guys were getting shots that we had gotten the first couple of games in the season,” Davis said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2024
The train they were screening was the Sunset Limited, Train 2.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2021
My partner John DeLuca and I were screening “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” at the Cannes Film Festival and Johnny Depp warned us that the French sometimes “boo”—so we were prepared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2018
Simple enough, Jefson," he replied, "we were screening a big transfer of our forces towards Metz.
From The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia by Taylor, George A. (George Augustine)
