visit
verb (used with object)
to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc..
were visiting
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past progressiveof visit.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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A total of 80 Americans are missing in Nepal and Tibet, many of them pilgrims who were visiting sacred lakes revered by Hindus and Buddhists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ahmed said 12 of them were visiting West Mersea that day.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Newlyweds Tito Avalos, 26, and Andrea Avalos, 24, who were visiting from El Salvador, tied their wishes to a tree together, their wrists entwined and fingers clasped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Rahma, 27, and Rayan, 22, young women from a family forced to flee their home near the Israeli border, were visiting the mosque when the attack came.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
All the visitors that were visiting the cemetery started running like hell over to their cars.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
