was combing
- past progressive of comb.
Example Sentences
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While Dr Gradel was combing through his receipts, Peter Higgs’ career seemed to be going from strength to strength.
From BBC ● May 27, 2024
A research team was combing the coastline of southwest Portugal in 2019 in search of signs of how its ecosystem had changed over time.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2023
Smith was combing through data that Parkes collected over six days in April and May the previous year.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2021
Dimon said as part of its preparation the bank was combing through its client-contracts, a resource-intensive process.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2021
She was combing my hair at the time, and she stopped for a minute and her hand got real shaky.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
