lance
noun
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
was lancing
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past progressiveof lance.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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All I knew was that one of the sharpest pains I’d ever felt was lancing into me from the vicinity of my right ear.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2017
Mr. Milgrom was lancing a boil on his wife’s leg.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
It was only a shower through which the declining sun was lancing silver rays.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by Compton MacKenzie
