volunteer
noun
a person who voluntarily offers to perform a service or other undertaking.
were volunteering
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past progressiveof volunteer.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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They were volunteering their time and their skill.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2023
Food truck owners were volunteering their services to the frontline and farmers were carrying bunches of bananas to shelters.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2023
Kurkov said he knew several writers who had joined the military, and others who were volunteering to help deliver food and other necessities.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
On Saturday, Pone and about 20 friends were volunteering as medics while monitoring social media for reported sightings of white supremacists on the streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2020
"And you," said Riatt, "who do not even know the road to your own house, were volunteering to pilot me through an emotional crisis."
From Ladies Must Live by Alice Duer Miller
