cream
noun
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
was creaming
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past progressiveof cream.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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The tide was creaming over the short thumb of a jetty, and the herd of small black cows was patrolling the beach.
From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions
Her bow was creaming up the ocean into foam, as she rushed onward at a twenty-four knot gait.
From The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise by Margaret Burnham
She sat in a large arm-chair, and held in her lap a bowl of sugar and butter that she was creaming.
From Young Lucretia and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
A moment later the champagne was creaming slowly up his glass.
From The Education of Eric Lane by Stephen McKenna
