were utilizing
- past progressive of utilize.
Example Sentences
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About 105 people, many of them elderly, medically vulnerable or young, were utilizing shelter services that afternoon, according to the American Red Cross of Alaska.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
Traffic began surging from unlikely countries like the Netherlands, suggesting that Russians were utilizing VPNs that made them appear to be abroad.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2022
“When we deployed shame, we were utilizing an immensely powerful tool,” he writes of his initial reaction: “The silenced were getting a voice. It was like the democratization of justice.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2015
Columns of massive apartment and office buildings rose in every direction from the Yangtze River; I doubt they were utilizing the latest in insulation.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2014
As for hats—the girls were utilizing these as shields, holding them at ever-swerving angles, to keep the blinding rain out of their eyes.
From The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening by Garis, Lilian
