were teaching
- past progressive of teach.
Example Sentences
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Anastasiya and Ivan said they were teaching their mother Polish.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025
I think if they were teaching today, the nuns would tell everyone in class to get out their pencils and notebooks and write a letter to the president.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
Ms Guy complained to the company that the procedure they were teaching was unsafe.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024
Evident in not only majors and minors, but the number of students we were teaching across the university, our unit was empowering the next generation with tools necessary to address injustice, racism and inequalities.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
And maybe it wasn’t that they were teaching me, but that I was learning from them.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
