Sentence examples for were surveying from inspiring English sources
noun
The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.
We were surveying the area, looking for signs of chimps.
They were surveying the stars in the Milky Way.
By late morning, they were surveying jewelry at Tiffany.
Two young women were surveying the scene from the driveway, as if from a pier.
He asks if they were surveying for the quemadero and Aaron admits this.
The Apollo 8 astronauts were surveying the lunar surface for places to land future missions.
But now other eyes, some more objective than his, were surveying the fast-altering American terrain.
It makes her feel as though she were surveying an apocalyptic wasteland, searching for the tiniest signs of life.
If we were surveying street lamps and bollards it would be a lot harder to find volunteers," says Tibbetts.
He and four other people died when their light plane crashed Wednesday as they were surveying the flood zone.
It was sighted in 1935 by prospectors of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company who were surveying the region by airplane.
