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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Gabriella was gluing her earrings on at that very moment.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2018
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
Another student, Maya Bedell, 17, who had transferred from Frederick Douglass Academy, was gluing together a collage of her childhood photographs for her gallery.
From New York Times ● 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
