milk
noun
an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.
was milking
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past progressiveof milk.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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Unfortunately, she became the indirect culprit of a mistake in 1683, when the cow she was milking kicked the milk bucket over.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2021
A crew was milking when the twister ripped through and had only seconds to hide and hold on.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2021
They came to a pen where a ranch hand was milking cows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
It actually made me believe that she had some faith, which wasn't entirely apparent earlier in the season, when she was milking snakes and being mad about Billy not taking in collections.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2013
It was slow and not all that steady, but Joseph was milking, and soon the sound in the pail wasn’t the sound of milk on metal, but that foamy sound of milk in milk.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
