was ironing

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of iron.
  iron

  noun

  a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Fe; 55.847; 26; 7.86 at 20°C.

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was ironing

By 15 she was ironing shirts by day while going to night school to get her GED.

From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022

She was ironing out a malfunction in the serving of advertisements to the podcast she has co-hosted with Dan since 2014.

From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2017

My mom used to listen to Hank Williams while she was ironing.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2013

Hagan, the lawmaker, said he was ironing a shirt for a New Year’s Eve party when the quake hit and he thought his son had fallen down the stairs.

From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 4, 2012

The next day, around three in the afternoon, I was ironing a shirt in the kitchen when there was another knock at the door.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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