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
The first work I done was hoeing and us worked long as we could see a stalk of cotton or hill of corn.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
She was hoeing a corn-patch bordered by thick bush which lay along the stream.
From The King's Assegai A Matabili Story by Bertram Mitford
In two weeks and two days I was hoeing corn.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Sure enough there he was hoeing away, and he stopped and wiped his perspiring face upon his arm as the boy came up.
From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by L. Rahey
