detox
verb (used without object)
to rid the body or a bodily organ of a poison, toxin, or drug (often followed byfrom ).
was detoxing
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past progressiveof detox.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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As Saturday afternoon turned into Saturday night, I felt like I was detoxing from the Friday night debacle back in D.C. — the rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
It's almost as though I was detoxing from standard chordal patterns.
From Time Magazine Archive
