Examples of 'were doing what' in a sentence

Meaning of "were doing what"

were doing what: This phrase is used to inquire about the specific actions or activities that individuals or a group of people were engaged in at a particular moment or period of time. It seeks to understand the specific tasks or actions that were being carried out by the mentioned individuals

How to use "were doing what" in a sentence

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were doing what
And it was not that you were doing what you were doing.
You were doing what you thought you were supposed to be doing.
Both believed they were doing what was right for us.
We were doing what is called distance learning.
They felt that they were doing what was right.
You were doing what any responsible motorist would.
If you were so sure you were doing what was right.
You were doing what you used to do.
I thought you and your doula were doing what doulas do.
People were doing what they wanted to do.
I must not be unhappy because they were doing what they wanted to do.
They were doing what needed to be done in their historic times.
She was in the hospital and the doctors were doing what they could.
They were doing what the world wanted them to do.
Many employees did not even know why they were doing what they were doing.

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You were doing what you needed to do.
I had great confidence that they were doing what was best for the trees.
They were doing what they could as they waited.
In hindsight they said that their parents were doing what they thought was best.
You were doing what you thought was best.
But they spent far more ink they were doing what they thought was right.
You were doing what was best for yourself.
I miss the days when I felt that we were doing what was worthy and honest.
You were doing what she told you to do.
They were keeping the commandments and they were doing what Christ wanted them to do.
But they were doing what they needed to do.
I think I just thought that you were doing what I was doing.
But they were doing what was evil in my eyes.
They were not doing something wrong ; they were doing what was right.
It was like you were doing what you were born to do.
A simple thank you would have been sufficient . Because you were doing what you always did.
We feel strongly we were doing what was right and lawful.
We were doing what we told our constituents we would do.
I believed we were doing what was right.
We were doing what we were doing to protect our families.
The voices speaking to her were doing what the Bush administration wanted.
We were doing what we thought God wanted us to do.
I mean you know I said you were doing what you felt like you needed to do.
We were doing what we always do - taking paedophiles off the street.
They thought they were doing what was right for God.
We were doing what we always did, trolling the social justice warriors.
I really thought we were doing what the judges were asking.
We were doing what we did every Wednesday. And even more bored than usual.
I worked with people that were doing what I wanted to do.
You were doing what you thought was right.
My great great grandparents were doing what I am doing today.
They were doing what he only talks about.
At the time, we thought we were doing what was best.
The people were doing what they were doing to support their families.
You found that school, you were doing what you always did.

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