chew
verb (used with object)
to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate.
was chewing
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past progressiveof chew.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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With an aristocratic divorce heating one of that show’s third-season subplots, Fellowes was chewing on something.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025
Ms. Cozzi realized while eating that “she was chewing on a portion of a human finger that had been mixed into, and made a part of, the salad,” the lawsuit reads.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
The fact that the blaze was chewing through dry timber on both sides of the river, he noted, “presents a new challenge” to conditions that were already dangerous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
When Jones arrived for Lewis’ testimony, Gamble asked if he was chewing gum, a violation of a strict rule in her courtroom.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Yet here she was, chewing with strangers in a strange place.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
