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The phrase "were illustrating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an action that was ongoing in the past, particularly in the context of providing examples or explanations. Example: "The researchers were illustrating their findings with detailed graphs and charts."
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Meanwhile, to some, Palestinian leaders were illustrating how tone-deaf they are by signing another unity deal.
But the play, which basically shows once-comfortable capitalists put into the position of refugees, feels as it were illustrating a thesis rather than exploring a conflict.
Down the hall, children with oil pastels in hand were illustrating their emotions, mapping where they started and where they ended.
"Don't forget, you're a person!" In a recent rehearsal, the boys practiced the mime sequence a few times as the ballet mistress recited the words they were illustrating through their gestures.
If, on the other hand, I were to show you a brain scan taken before I believed it was going to rain, and after, there is no one in the world who could have the faintest clue what ideas these pictures were illustrating.
It is the obvious answer to that question — a question not about textual meaning or the statistics of usage, but about intention — that tells us why Justice Scalia was right to dissent from his fellow justices who, rather than failing to be "proper textualists," were illustrating the dangers of textualism.
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He's illustrating it.
Yeah, but I'm illustrating a point.
None are illustrated in "Cars".
Four examples are illustrated in the figure.
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