gorge
noun
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
was gorging
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past progressiveof gorge.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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As Evergrande was gorging on land, it sought ways to help finance its deals.
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2023
This was where I spent most of my 20s, behind the bar at the Toucan, where I was gorging on all the anecdotes and experiences that the punters would offer up to me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
As I was gorging on them with my husband, I confessed that he probably wouldn’t get to eat them again because they were tiny and tedious to make.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2017
Holy Motors seems a response to that dictum; it’s as if Carax was gorging us on imagery in case it takes him another decade to make a movie.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2012
They would probably get close enough, while Gollum was gorging and off his guard.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
