were undertaking
- past progressive of undertake.
Example Sentences
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When the war broke out, Unesco and Sudanese museum authorities were undertaking multimillion-dollar repairs at more than a dozen museums and cultural centers across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
She said the pair were undertaking the exercise programmes needed to stay healthy in the weightless environment.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2024
To get people to stop and listen, they’d offer free bars of soap — a metaphor for the scrubbing that they were undertaking.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
And for the railroads that were undertaking these investments, what was it that they were trying to achieve?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021
Meanwhile, throughout the 1950s oceanographers were undertaking more and more sophisticated surveys of the ocean floors.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
