Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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The Buffalo Bills were storming back from down 13-0 late against the Philadelphia Eagles when they decided they would try to end the game instead of going to overtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
Baldwin’s character was about to engage in a shootout with two actors portraying lawmen who were storming the church to nab Baldwin, who was playing a hardened outlaw named Harland Rust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
On Aug. 14, as the Taliban were storming across Afghanistan, his family of nine was evacuated on a U.S. military flight.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
A similar dispute had erupted between the Capitol Police and its board before Jan. 6 and even as rioters were storming the building.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
Prue would soon be awake and asking if it were storming.
From Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. by Jennie (Drinkwater) Conklin Maria
