unpack
verb (used with object)
to undo or remove the contents from (a box, trunk, etc.).
were unpacking
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past progressiveof unpack.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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By February 2011, four months after making the decision to move to Orcas, they were unpacking boxes at their newly purchased, 5-acre “farmette.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
Said Jenkins of Whyte’s involvement, “I didn’t want these images, even as we were unpacking them, to unpack us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2021
Once, Jay and I left Jithu in his car seat for a few seconds when we were unpacking shopping and a relative saw this and accused me of trying to harm my son.
From BBC ● May 15, 2019
The Nationals were unpacking and packing at the same time.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2018
At the dormitory the school official assigned her to a room with five other women, who were unpacking when she came in.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
