extricate
verb (used with object)
to free or release from entanglement; disengage.
was extricating
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past progressiveof extricate.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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He went outside and hailed his rescuer, who had found a piece of gum that he was extricating from some wrappings that indicated a rather dirty pocket.
From Mixed Faces by Roy Norton
Jonathan was extricating his line from an alder bush, and did not answer.
From The Jonathan Papers by Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris
The immortal spirit of love, which can neither die nor grow old, was extricating itself from the earth that clung to it.
From Flower of the Dusk by Myrtle Reed
With one hand He was pushing aside the branch of a tree, though a great thorn went right through it; and with the other He was extricating a sheep which was entangled in the thorns.
From From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry by William Haslam
With Preston and Anstey he was extricating his command from a perilous situation, where skilful seamanship alone could regain control of the helm without allowing the vessel to wallow helplessly in the fiery sea.
From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
