palm
noun
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
was palming
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past progressiveof palm.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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Plus he has the gargantuan hands of a man who was palming basketballs when he was barely a teenager.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2020
Shadow realized that he was palming the gold coin, moving it compulsively from a back palm to a front palm to a Downs palm, over and over.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
In charity for the Frenchman's taste, I have sometimes thought the vender of these little barkers was palming a quiz upon me.
From Eight days in New Orleans in February, 1847 by Albert James Pickett
But that grave face, so unusual to his darling Jessie, told Uncle Morris that Emily was palming off a falsehood upon them.
From Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him by Daniel Wise
Lim-bert's vision of accidents hovered mainly over the sudden awakening of Mr. Bousefield to the stuff that in the department of fiction his editor was palming off.
From Embarrassments by Henry James
