cord
noun
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
was cording
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past progressiveof cord.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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You was cording a dressing-robe about you as you came in and I see a glimpse of one of your dark suits underneath.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
He was cording up his various possessions—a medley lot—indifferent parcels and bundles, when Bessie Costrell knocked at the door.
From The Story of Bessie Costrell by Mrs. Humphry Ward
The hall was clogged with great packages, and littered with small, all awaiting the railway carts; and Edward, dusty and deliquescent, was cording, strapping, and nailing them at the gallop, in his shirt sleeves.
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
He was cording up his various possessions—a medley lot—in different parcels and bundles when Bessie Costrell knocked at the door.
From Bessie Costrell by Mrs. Humphry Ward
The man who was cording the prisoner's arms had seen his daring work at Mandega's.
From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Perceval Gibbon
