mouth
was mouthing
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past progressiveof mouth.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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The girl also was mouthing “send help,” Lt.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
Charlie was mouthing off, you know, he’s like, ‘Here I am, I’m 9 years old beating the No. 1 player in the world and supposedly the best golfer of all time.’
From Fox News ● Dec. 18, 2020
“He was mouthing, I was mouthing back at him ... I just told him, ‘Man, that’s a dirty play.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2020
I was mouthing words — names, numbers, snippets of songs — hoping to find a tone, a pitch, that would register as sound.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2019
But this time, it wasn’t because I was mouthing off to Coach Reed.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
