coin
noun
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
was coining
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past progressiveof coin.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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A backpack was coining through the hole, followed by Diana’s head, as Cas turned and made for Mrs. Radke’s chemistry room.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
Her thick plaited hair was coining undone, and her face was pink and flushed as she flung herself here and there after the ball.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Indeed, while other men were failing all around him, he was coining money.
From Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by James Dabney McCabe
From the ancient bridge we looked at the train that was coining toward us from the other side, and which the whip in like manner drives on.
From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell by Charles Eliot Norton
She almost felt, by an exertion of memory, she might tell what was coining next.
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
