butcher
noun
a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
was butchering
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past progressiveof butcher.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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“It is very tense right now,” said Oleksandr Kobets, a farmer who was butchering a pig in his yard.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
By the time she was 9, she was butchering chickens to help her grandmother cater weddings in the towns around Oaxaca City in Oaxaca, Mexico.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
He seemed relaxed and good-humored, even as I was butchering flavors.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2016
While he was butchering, Morris returned to the camp and sent out Tom with the wagon to bring in the beef and venison.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various
It was butchering day at Silas Chamberlain’s and Liza Ann had the household astir early.
From The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger
