were sketching
- past progressive of sketch.
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The Journal reported in October that White House and Pentagon officials were sketching out early plans for a “Golden Fleet” of new warships better suited to counter China and other potential threats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
He and his friends were sketching out the contours of a new identity that had emerged in the late sixties: Asian-American.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 30, 2019
Encouraged by Army morale officers because they thought painting might keep them out of mischief, artists in the armed forces were sketching away at odd moments long before Pearl Harbor.
From Time Magazine Archive
While it was in progress, Regan and eight aides were sketching the next steps in what flowered into a publicity blitz unprecedented in this Administration.
From Time Magazine Archive
He examined the two sketches that Jean Francois submitted, asked a few questions, and graciously led the new applicant into the atelier, where a score of young men were sketching, and set him to work.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Hubbard, Elbert
