lather
noun
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
was lathering
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past progressiveof lather.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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Alyce, coughing and sputtering, traded jobs with the man who was lathering their backs.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
Heman was lathering his cheeks before the mirror, where a sinuous Venus and a too-corpulent Cupid disported themselves in a green landscape above the glass.
From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Alice Brown
One morning, as the Squire was lathering his face, word came to him that John Boyce had gone mad.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell
That was lathering toil, burdened as they were, stumbling over driftwood and into holes, laboring forward, hardly able to distinguish more than the rising, falling line of white that marked the surf.
From The Flying Legion by George Allan England
The man was lathering a customer's face but recognising Mr. Macdonald, left the customer and ran out brush in hand.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward
