tune
noun
a succession of musical sounds forming a melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
were tuning
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past progressiveof tune.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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Unfortunately for Carville and his ilk, that’s exactly why so many young progressives were tuning in to his stream in the first place.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
“We were tuning the cows to the song,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025
Even globally, it was like, "Thank you for doing this," because people were tuning in and had the same problems.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2023
More than anyone else in recent literary history, he showed how a modern person, schooled in skepticism, pursued by appropriate doubts, could find the frequency of grace, as if he were tuning an old radio.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2022
The locusts were tuning up, and we walked on wordless a rod or two.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
