bed
noun
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
was bedding
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past progressiveof bed.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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Jurors were told that a lorry driver parked nearby was bedding down for the night at the time.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
France's Third Republic was bedding in, having seen off a final challenge from the monarchists, and across the country reforms were being introduced that limited the powers of the church.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2018
One cold December evening when the farmer was bedding down the horse, he imagined he heard a deep, steady breathing under the barn floor, and after listening for some time, was sure of it.
From Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear by Charles Copeland
“Friends—dollars?” she replied scornfully, while the horse she was bedding moved fearfully away from her fork.
From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Ridgwell Cullum
I was thinking of the argument and smiled with tenderness as I saw the old grizzled white head bent over a hoe down in the dahlias, which he was bedding.
From The Heart's Kingdom by Maria Thompson Daviess
