drag
verb (used with object)
to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail.
was dragging
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past progressiveof drag.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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By the end, I was dragging pieces of focaccia through the last orange streaks left in the pan.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
By then the Second Punic War, which had been set off by Hannibal’s incursions in northern Spain, was dragging into its eighth year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
Yet when he sensed Yates was dragging his feet on a college decision, Pondexter finally asked him if he wanted to come to Washington.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
I was dragging Root across the crease, moving his head outside off stump and then tried my first inswinger.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024
Hastily throwing the hare on the caribou skin she was dragging for just such a purpose, she walked on.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
