channel
noun
the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
was channelling
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past progressiveof channel.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 Mora y Araujo disagrees with the idea that Messi was channelling, or becoming, Maradona.
From BBC ● May 29, 2023
Some joked Smith took method acting seriously and was channelling his hothead Bad Boys character Mike Lowrey.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2022
“If he was channelling any emotion, that is what you hear.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2017
But it seemed to me that Mrs. Trump was channelling another former model with a Zoolander squint who was married to a President: Carla Bruni.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2017
“Jo Whiley just said I was channelling my inner Elvis, but … it’s not intentional,” he told NME at the time.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2016
