marinate
verb (used with object)
to steep (food) in a marinade.
was marinating
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past progressiveof marinate.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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As I inched up the rope, my arms ached, my left sock squished with blood from a leech bite, and I was marinating in sweat.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
“This isn’t how they do it in Korea,” he said one morning, as he was marinating more meat.
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2019
Meanwhile Joe Raffa, who is the head chef at Oyamel and is spearheading the China Poblano project, was marinating duck breasts so that they could be cooked at low temperature sous vide.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2010
The ground beef was marinating in so much lard it looked as if it were encased in Jell-O.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
