farm
noun
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
was farming
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past progressiveof farm.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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“I was farming that ranch. It’s where I invented this whole retail business that I’ve been running,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
Growing up in LaGrange, a city of 950 along the Mississippi River, Mr. Lewis would scoot a toy John Deere tractor through his mother’s apartment and pretend he was farming the carpet.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2021
By 1988, Gearhard was farming oats, hay and corn and taking on more of the day-to-day responsibilities on the farm.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2019
Within a year, he had left school and was farming full time.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2018
When I was born he was farming near Inglewood.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
