supply
verb (used with object)
to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite.
were supplying
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past progressiveof supply.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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The war could make it easier for Takaichi to reopen mothballed nuclear plants that were supplying 30% of the country’s electricity before the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
“They were supplying ammunition, looking after elderly parents, evacuating their kids.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2024
He said the vehicles they were supplying “are vulnerable to artillery and drone attacks”.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024
The companies that were supplying institutional buyers, like schools and factories and offices, their market fell apart.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2024
The Government began to feel as if the American factories which were supplying the Allies were as much subject to attack as similar factories in Allied countries.
From Germany, The Next Republic? by Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William)
