glue
noun
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
was gluing
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past progressiveof glue.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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“Ahmad on the piano is one of the rare ones that figured out that sensibility that was gluing together so many decades, in the past and the future.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
In the back, Ricky Benzing said he was gluing temporary sockets onto prostheses for a discus thrower from Niger.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2016
Two hundred and fifty children were running around the yard entertaining themselves, but mine was gluing herself to a wall.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2012
We had a neighbor who made upholstery so she would give me scraps of leftover fabric, and in the beginning I was gluing it together and sewing it by hand.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2011
The Tomorrow’s World presenter was gluing himself to the ceiling of the studio.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
