bottle
noun
a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
was bottling
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past progressiveof bottle.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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I hadn’t really cried and was bottling a lot up.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2017
From the early days the Coca-Cola company looked to expand worldwide, and by the early 1900s it was bottling the drink in Asia and Europe.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2012
The big San Miguel Brewery was bottling beer and Coca-Cola, but the entire output was being taken by the Army.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marlanx was bottling his wrath and holding back his revenge for a distinct purpose.
From Beverly of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
It was all trim and soldierly, but he was bottling up his sense of annoyance for the benefit of Cram and his people.
From Waring's Peril by Charles King
