store
noun
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
were storing
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past progressiveof store.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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Worse, burned trees release the carbon they were storing, then destroy other plant life that could keep that carbon absorbed.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
We told the boys that we were storing things for just 12 months and that if they didn’t retrieve their treasures in that time, then they weren’t treasures and would be tossed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
The observation, as well as other experiments, confirmed the team's hypothesis that T cells were storing lipids instead of breaking them down.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2024
“We knew that was a fire hazard the way they were storing materials.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
The two spies had better luck in Concord, where they learned that the Patriots were grinding meal into flour for soldiers’ rations and were storing “powder and cartridges.”
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
