auction
noun
a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
was auctioning
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past progressiveof auction.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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JapanLA was auctioning the rarest Sonny Angels for hundreds of dollars, and that started bothering some fans of the fat little collectibles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
At this festival, the Marine Corps booth down the street was auctioning off an AR-15 to raise money for a children’s charity.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
Last year, the company announced a series of exclusive, one-of-a-kind e-bikes that it was auctioning off under its 1-OFF series brand name, with the Schwinn Sting-Ray-inspired Mosh/Chopper as the first offering.
From The Verge ● May 24, 2022
When her agent was auctioning her manuscript for “Women’s Work,” the price climbing into the stratosphere, she was preoccupied with the campaigns for Playtex and Aquafresh in her day job.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2018
They sat in to their little rubber, and while they played a passenger of importance was auctioning off the pool on the ship's run for the next day.
From Sonnie-Boy's People by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
