mill
noun
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
was milling
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past progressiveof mill.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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And Nagai - in shorts and flip-flops - was milling among them holding up a video camera.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2023
The 18-year-old high school senior from nearby Marion Center was milling a piece of tool steel to a 45-degree angle one recent afternoon in a machining laboratory here.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2022
Mr. Stenger was milling around, the person said, inspiring no confidence that he was in control of the situation.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2021
She soon found someone who was milling organic flour in a windmill only 40 miles away.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2019
How could I be such an open book to him when, half the time, I had no idea what was milling around in his head?
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
