clutter
verb (used with object)
to fill or litter with things in a disorderly manner.
was cluttering
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past progressiveof clutter.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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Later, the judge committed to memory the entire book of Bartlett's Famous Quotations despite the objection of young Holden that he was cluttering up his memory with a lot of useless material.
From The Fourth R by George Oliver Smith
I give you my word that I threw overboard a small bronze paper-weight that was cluttering up my traps.
From The Firefly of France by Marion Polk Angellotti
"It's only an old apron that was cluttering up my—my bureau drawer."
From Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber
