was fluffing
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past progressiveof fluff.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
fluffnounlight, downy particles, as of cotton.
Example Sentences
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Already she was fluffing her hair, asking this government employee how he’d gotten the enviable job of escorting beautiful women across the snows.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015
I climbed in while Mama was fluffing up my pillow.
From Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Jewell Ellen Smith