dot
noun
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
was dotting
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past progressiveof dot.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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Irish fans would have been concerned to see Sexton's reaction after scoring, with the fly-half's wrist caught by Jason Tomane's knee as he was dotting down.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023
"He was on. He was hitting his spots, both sides. Nice little split, was dotting his fastball."
From Reuters ● Aug. 15, 2015
The three-volume work on which he was dotting the last "i" seemed strange for a modern psychiatrist: Representation of the Problems of Opposites in Medieval Natural Philosophy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The next morning she was dotting eggs over the plants.
From Moths of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
And just the very minute when Phronsie was dotting the "i" in her name.
From Five Little Peppers Grown Up by Margaret Sidney
