joust
noun
a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
was jousting
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past progressiveof joust.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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While Congress was jousting with the oil companies, the Reagan Administration was unusually fractious last week on another corporate coupling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Early in the Century when Roosevelt I was jousting with Big Business, the idea of a Federal incorporation law was seriously pondered.
From Time Magazine Archive
But whenever there was jousting of knights he was always present to see, and seemed in this sport to take great delight.
From Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur by Morris, Charles
The popular idea of a baron of the Middle Ages is of a man who when he was not fighting was jousting or hunting.
From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)
At the sorrowful time of Lord Lisle’s arrest, his friend Palmer was jousting at Court.
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah
