Sentence examples for were erecting from inspiring English sources

They were erecting, in the words of Exodus, a "kingdom of priests and a holy nation".

Construction workers let him sleep in the new luxury buildings they were erecting.

A sizable portion of Bryant Park was closed, because workmen were erecting the tents for next week's fashion show.

In the Besiktas neighborhood, the police were still firing tear gas, and protesters were erecting barricades in the streets.

By late afternoon yesterday, however, the homeless had been cleared and workers were erecting a more daunting fence.

Work crews were erecting a huge tent by inserting a skeletal structure of bamboo poles into the ground.

Barricades were erected Friday.

Buildings were erected.

No barricades were erected, no cobblestones hurled.

Artillery positions were erected on the rooftop.

Seven hundred thousand bunkers were erected across the country.