home
noun
a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
was homing
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past progressiveof home.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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The primary issue the team faced throughout its first year working on the sensor was homing in on the desired source.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2023
I do see him as a leader of that style, and really as the person that Hofstadter was homing in on.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2022
People familiar with the probe declined to say when precisely officials gave it that designation, what specific crimes or people Durham was homing in on, or what evidence he has found.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2019
As I was homing in on the ottoman, imagining where to put it and tickled by my timing, a woman appeared and flagged a cab.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2015
She knew that Bill was homing to the cabin.
From North of Fifty-Three by Anton Otto Fischer
