breed
verb (used with object)
to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.
was breeding
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past progressiveof breed.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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According to the Netflix documentary, he was living in recent years in France, where he was breeding dogs.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
Manville said the Seabeck man was breeding them to sell locally.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
His priority was breeding new crops to tackle the environmental challenges of the future.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2019
In 2004, Mr Lowe was investigated by the BBC's Inside Out programme, which claimed he was breeding scores of dogs and selling puppies in poor condition.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2014
A year later, he was breeding maggots by the thousands, in milk bottles filled with rotting fruit in a third-floor laboratory at Columbia University.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
