service
noun
were servicing
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past progressiveof service.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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"People - breeders - were servicing the market for a dog that has suddenly become very popular. It's the 101 Dalmatians effect," notes Ciara Farrell, the Kennel Club's Library and Collections Manager.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2022
“For the next 10 years, they were servicing that debt, running out of cash,” said Galperin, who was brought in as a consultant in 2019 and became chief executive last year.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
These bulls were servicing 4,083 cows in 2008 out of a total of 28,315 cows held on crofts.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2013
Outside his farm office, Mexican workers were servicing farm machinery.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2012
Violence appeared to have subsided; international aid groups were servicing hundreds of displaced communities; the threat of starvation and disease seemed to have been contained.
From Time Magazine Archive
