champ
verb (used with object)
to bite upon or grind, especially impatiently.
was champing
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past progressiveof champ.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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“But it’s all part of a process of getting better. He was champing at the bit to get back out here and he’ll champ at the bit to get out there tomorrow.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
Still, as a competitive woman, she was champing at the bit to go back and clock a better time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2017
That a civilization was champing at the bit.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2016
Fresh from a hat trick in the United States’ 4-3 victory at Bosnia and Herzegovina, Altidore was champing at the bit over his return to England’s Premier League.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2013
He was champing at the bit to get out there and start hiking.”
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
