jot
verb (used with object)
to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed bydown ).
was jotting
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past progressiveof jot.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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I was jotting down my own notes from the papers when I heard the sound of marching feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
He was jotting down film titles to watch later for movie night.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
Outside the Queen’s Stand, a pensioner with a Bic pen was jotting notes and numbers onto the folded pages of a betting form.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2022
Wailes, meanwhile, was jotting down ASL gloss — essentially “writing down in words what we’re going to sign,” she explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
That afternoon when Gabriel was collecting some of his things from my room, and I was jotting down some ideas in my notebook, he looked up at me and froze in place.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
