work
noun
were working
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past progressiveof work.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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It wasn’t until late Jan. 7 that the two city agencies realized they were working with different evacuation maps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
UK government ministers said they were working with both the US and the EU.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Major U.S. equity indexes advanced on Friday, partly on hopes that U.S. and Iranian negotiators were working on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
During the pandemic, millions of people were working from home and did not need to rely on pet-sitting services.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Charming and handsome, with a bent for crime, he met Guillaume Apollinaire while both were working for an investment magazine called Le Guide des Rentiers.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
