freight
noun
goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
was freighting
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past progressiveof freight.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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Well, I finally found an Oregon man with a yoke of oxen, who was freighting goods up to Coloma.
From The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days by Sigismond de Ivanowski
He was freighting supplies up the Yellowstone for the great Crane Creek irrigation dam, sixty miles above the mouth.
From The River and I by John G. Neihardt
"But likely it was then, while you was freighting the outfit around to the glacier, you came across those ptarmigan."
From The Rim of the Desert by Ada Woodruff Anderson
Very soon they joined the curious crowd who were examining the contents of the canoe, now placed on the land to await the coming of a steamer that was freighting with cotton above.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by William Henry Sparks
About three months ago, I was freighting a party up to the mines," said Smith, "and a youngster became foot-sore.
From The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia by James Wells Champney
