dose
noun
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
was dosing
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past progressiveof dose.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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Every farmer I knew was dosing liberally with bicarbonate of soda to ease the same pain in their own stomachs.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
She found Judy stretched on the sofa, feverish and coughing, while Nance was dosing her with a large dose of quinine and an additional dose of sweet spirits of niter.
From Molly Brown's Junior Days by Nell Speed
"Well, Mantelish was dosing this plasmoid with mild electrical stimulations," Holati went on.
From Legacy by James H. Schmitz
A young gentleman, who was dosing on one of the posts at the entry, woke up suddenly at the blaze of the torches and the noise of the footmen.
From Catherine: a Story by William Makepeace Thackeray
At first I thought one of the children might be ill, and that Edith was dosing him with one of the choice concoctions that she kept in the bath-room medicine closet.
From The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
