infest
verb (used with object)
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do.
was infesting
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past progressiveof infest.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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In the winter of 1981-82 I was infesting an icy-cold house in the Jericho neighbourhood of north Oxford.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2012
But on arrival at the room, it transpired that Tuppy, if anywhere, was infesting some other portion of the house.
From Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
About the latter end of this month, a report was brought in, that a piratical boat was infesting the harbour of Broken Bay, and the Hawkesbury.
From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 by David Collins
