cart
noun
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
was carting
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past progressiveof cart.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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"He absolutely showed that he was scared by the explosions but he got used to it and was carting artillery around the place in big boxes."
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
The rock band coalesced in the early 1960s after Richards spotted Jagger, a childhood playmate, at a train stop; Jagger was carting two Chess albums.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2016
One day, before the Civil War, one of the Meharry brothers was carting grist from the mill to his midwestern farm, when his wagon bogged down in the mud.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the end of the next day, I was carting around five of these fun packs in an alarming assortment of pastel and Day-Glo colors.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
Styopka was carting dung at night, and tied the horse to an apple-tree!
From The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
