fish
noun
any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
was fishing
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past progressiveof fish.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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Growing up in Connecticut, Reyes used to look across the water at Electric Boat’s operation when he was fishing, wondering what went on inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Carranza was reportedly killed in a September strike by US forces on his boat while he was fishing the Caribbean, according to video testimony of his family members shared by the president on X.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2025
“One minute he was fishing and the next moment he was gone,” she says of her father’s decline, recalling how quickly the disease spread.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024
Mike Hall slipped while he was fishing in the Ogmore Estuary, near Porthcawl, Bridgend county, in October 2019.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
I listened drowsily to the soothing cadence of Togbe’s voice taking me back out onto the Volta, where the boy was fishing with his father, exploring a small creek in their canoe.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
