heft
noun
weight; heaviness.
was hefting
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past progressiveof heft.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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I was hefting a trilobite fossil and half listening.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
He had picked up the ugly little bronze battle-axe that leaned against his chair, and was hefting it and fingering it and shifting it from hand to hand.
From The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days by Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz
