grub
noun
the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
was grubbing
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past progressiveof grub.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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This woman nodded to me briefly, and then called to her little boy who was grubbing with some kittens at the back.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Dick o' the Syke was grubbing among the fallen wreck of the charred and dismantled mill.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Sir Hall Caine
"Here, you stupid fellow!" he called to Bubby, who was grubbing after a mole when a good cooked dinner was preparing for him; "what is a mole to you? let him dig!"
From Edelweiss A Story by Berthold Auerbach
When I went after him your father told me that Harry was grubbing out some brush in the old pasture lot.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Frank V. Webster
This was one of the small black bears, and the creature was grubbing like a hog among the decaying weed for the roots of the wild cabbage, which flourishes in such places.
From Lorimer of the Northwest by Alfred James Dewey
