was cropping
- past progressive of crop.
Example Sentences
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The question that flared in history books and bars for 25 interwar years was cropping up again.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was cropping grass in the back pasture not far from Grandpa’s mule.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
They were then glancing at the horse which was cropping the harsh grass of the swamp.
From The Gold Trail by Bindloss, Harold
His horse was still tied to the door-post, and was cropping the thin grass that grew up between the crevices in the rocky platform on which the hut was built.
From The Bushranger's Secret by Clarke, Henry, Mrs.
Kitty, with one fore-leg through the bridle, was cropping on the brink.
From Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
