were shutting

Past progressiveconjugation ofshut.There are other translations for this conjugation.

shut

They were shutting the curtains, in case I turned up.	Estaban cerrando las cortinas, en caso de que me volví hacia arriba.
The police were shutting it down.	La policía estaba cercando todo.
When Vine announced that they were shutting down, Mike knew he had to write about it.	Cuando Vine anunció queiba a cerrar, Mike sabía que tenía que escribir al respecto.
At the same time, we were shutting down our plants, and putting our people out of work, into cheaper-paying jobs!	Al mismo tiempo, estábamos cerrando nuestras fábricas y ¡mandando a nuestros desempleados a trabajos de paga reducida!
Yes, I know that, but I had to make sure the other programs were shutting down correctly to isolate the problem.	Sí, ya lo sé, pero tenía que comprobar que los otros programas se habían cerrado correctamente para aislar el problema.
He entered, and closed the door behind him very quickly, as if he were shutting it in the face of a dread pursuer.	Entró; cerró la puerta con mucha rapidez, como si lo hubiera hecho ante las mismas narices de su terrible perseguidor.
Union leaders announced Tuesday evening they were shutting down the statewide strike and ordering educators back to the classrooms Thursday.	Los líderes sindicales anunciaron el martes por la noche que terminarían la huelga estatal y ordenarían que los maestros regresen a las aulas el jueves.
The common theme expressed by people who have completed the program is that they are no longer encumbered by chemicals which were shutting off their lives.	El tema común que expresa la gente que ha completado el programa es que ya no están entorpecidos por las sustancias químicas que estaban deteniendo sus vidas.
The common theme expressed by people who have completed the programme is that they are no longer encumbered by chemicals which were shutting off their lives.	El tema común que expresa la gente que ha completado el programa es que ya no están entorpecidos por las sustancias químicas que estaban deteniendo sus vidas.
The common theme expressed by people who have completed the program is that they are no longer encumbered by chemicals which were shutting off their lives.	El tema común que expresado por la gente que ha completado el programa es que ya no se ven agobiados por las sustancias químicas que estaban acabando con sus vidas.
Between January and May 2013, before the anti-extortion unit was launched, an average of two businesses a week throughout the county were shutting down because of extortion.	Entre enero y mayo del 2013, antes de que la unidad antiextorsión se pusiera en marcha, un promedio de dos empresas cerraba por semana en todo el país, debido a la extorsión.
Thousands of marchers nationwide were shutting down highways, bridges and shopping malls across the country in the aftermath of the police murders of Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice.	Miles de manifestantes a lo largo del país bloqueaban carreteras, puentes y centros comerciales por todos lados a raíz de los asesinatos por la policía de Eric Garner, Michael Brown y Tamir Rice.
The Oblates gathered the school parents on April 2, 1951, and in a shocking and courageous move, informed the parents that they were shutting the doors of the schools in protest of the lack of funding.	Los Oblatos reunieron a los padres de las escuelas el 2 de Abril de 1951, y en un sorprendente atrevido movimiento, les informaron de que cerraban las puertas de los colegios como protesta por la falta de financiación.
We have to read the signs and ask ourselves whether they were shutting the door on us, or whether the action of shutting the door might be seen as an attempt at drawing attention to themselves; I believe the latter to be the case.	Debemos leer los signos y preguntarnos si nos estaban cerrando la puerta o si la acción de cerrar la puerta podría ser vista como un intento de llamar la atención sobre ellos mismos; creo que es esto último.
To the shock and anger of West Virginia teachers and school employees, union leaders announced Tuesday evening that they were shutting down the statewide strike and ordering educators back to the classrooms Thursday without achieving any of their demands.	Para sorpresa e ira de los maestros y empleados escolares de Virginia Occidental, los líderes sindicales anunciaron el martes por la noche que cancelarían la huelga estatal y ordenarían que los educadores regresen a las aulas el jueves sin cumplir ninguna de sus demandas.