lug
verb (used with object)
to pull or carry with force or effort.
had been lugging
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past perfect progressiveof lug.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Bridge and Sherm had been lugging rocks to school for two weeks, trying to make a moon floor for the Talentine show.
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
I placed my stack, and Marty, who had been lugging additional copies, placed his as well.
From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Laxer, Mark Eliot
The man who took Si's squad was a grizzled Sergeant, who had been "lugging knapsack, box and gun" for a year.
From Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran by McElroy, John
