chaff
noun
the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.
was chaffing
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past progressiveof chaff.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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Ah, Mr. Crane," said Miss Heron, "I was chaffing you just now.
From Old Peter's Russian Tales by Dmitri Mitrokhin
He felt that she was chaffing him, and he did not want to be chaffed by her.
From Changing Winds A Novel by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine
I was chaffing Lenox only last night about his leaning towards that unrecognised form of suicide; and all the answer I got was that a man might die of a more degrading disease.
From The Great Amulet by Maud Diver
Lord Argentine thought she was chaffing him, you know, but when he laughed she said she was speaking quite seriously, and offered to show him the jar.
From The House of Souls by Arthur Machen
The baby sat facing her, as bland as a little image of Buddha, and as unresponsive, but she was chaffing it.
From Change in the Village by George Sturt
