Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Jammer said Greenberg told him Rose was corking his bats for “20 years.”
From Fox News ● May 5, 2020
There was corking the bat, spitballs, grease balls, Vaseline balls, baseball tampering, steroids, gambling and more that don’t come to mind right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2020
Mike followed his example, and was corking the flask when Rody returned with the gun.
From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
She was corking syrups rare, And fruits all sparkling in a crystal coat.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Jean Ingelow
Then later she came and told me you were out there, and I thought it was corking of you to come and tell them they couldn't put that over on College Hill.
From Plays by Susan Glaspell
