hoe
noun
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
was hoeing
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past progressiveof hoe.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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It all started one day while I was hoeing com down in our field close to the river.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
As they passed the Sweet Gum Spring they saw Delphy, the washerwoman, standing in her doorway, quarrelling with her son-in-law, Moses, who was hoeing a small garden patch in the rear of an adjoining cabin.
From The Voice of the People by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
The old man in his peaked cap and sheepskin jacket was hoeing in the back lot.
From Children of the Tenements by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea
The next day as it might be, he stops, along with Miss Norah, where I was hoeing weeds in the gravel, and says, speaking up—
From Charles Dickens' Children Stories by Charles Dickens
Landlord he saw his tenant once or twice when he was hoeing his turnips, and passed the time of day and landlord's wife wore her new brooch to church every Sunday.
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough
