lug
verb (used with object)
to pull or carry with force or effort.
was lugging
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past progressiveof lug.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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Brady ran like was lugging two bushels of oysters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Trailing at the back was Rahela Talash, who along with her colleague was lugging a portable speaker with a broken handle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
At the start of sophomore year, right after the 9/11 attacks, he was lugging boxes up a stairwell, in his dormitory, when he met Kives, who, even then, was “a force,” Brown said.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2020
Flynn Walker was lugging a camping backpack handed to her by a woman who made a last-minute decision to get arrested.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 26, 2018
But the pickup just sort of steered itself back to the band shell, and there he was, lugging the kid into the baseball-equipment room.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
