harvest
noun
the gathering of crops.
was harvesting
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past progressiveof harvest.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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On Jan. 7, Marta was harvesting mandarins alongside her husband and brother-in-law when rumors started circulating that immigration agents were swarming Bakersfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
But Rassman was harvesting each donor follicle—the shaft, the one or two hairs inside it, and ideally the fatty casing that sustains it—one by one, and then rehoming it individually along the forehead.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2022
Google has removed more than a dozen apps from its Play Store after learning they contained malicious code which was harvesting people's locations, phone numbers, and email addresses.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2022
When the company first introduced its riced cauliflower in late 2016, it was harvesting 5 acres of cauliflower for the product each week.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2018
Frank wasn’t sure how the monsters could tell he was harvesting their favorite food—maybe they just had an excellent sense of smell.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
