gas
noun
a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
was gassing
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past progressiveof gas.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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The officers approached Castellano while he was gassing up his truck at a busy Safeway service station in Kirkland.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
I thought Leek-Leek was joking or his teacher was gassing me.
From Salon ● May 27, 2022
David Duprat, 38, a passenger in a car that was gassing up, feels every penny of the increase in gas prices.
From Reuters ● Apr. 1, 2022
“Everything’s skyrocketing,” said Damian Maculam, 29, who was gassing up a van downtown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
Claremont was gassing away about Browning the other day, and said that he believed that in heaven you could do all the things you wanted to do on earth!
From The Loom of Youth by Alec Waugh
