Examples of using "écrivait" in a sentence and their english translations:
He was writing.
Tom was writing.
Violet wrote a letter once a month.
He was writing a letter while listening to music.
who was writing a book about the least visited countries in the world.
Not only did he teach school, but he wrote novels.
Tom was writing at his desk when Mary entered the room.
When the school had no books or paper or pencils, she wrote the alphabet on the ground with a stick.