garden
noun
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
was gardening
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past progressiveof garden.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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John Horsley was gardening when he felt a wasp crawl down his T-shirt.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
The eureka moment struck when one of the unemployed engineers, Jim Lea, was gardening.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
Bly has said that she was gardening with Summer and her mother, who lives in a separate structure on the property, shortly before the girl went missing.
From Fox News ● Jul. 1, 2021
Despite living so close to the Hauchards, she said, they never spoke, "even when I was gardening."
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2014
So I put the box away and took my drawing pad out to the backyard, where Mom was gardening.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
