partake
verb (used without object)
to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed byin ).
was partaking
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past progressiveof partake.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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Furlatt, 50, was partaking in his 19th game this season.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
He was partaking in both on a recent Sunday morning in Union Square Park in Manhattan, where he was playing chess against Douglas Miller, a chess teacher recommended by a friend.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2018
Indeed, although two specimens were under observation for three months, at morning, noon and eve, I only once saw one eating, and then it was partaking sparingly of orange leaves.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
After burial a feast was always called, and a portion of the food of which each and every relative was partaking was burned to furnish subsistence to the spirit upon its journey.
From A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by H. C. (Harry Crécy) Yarrow
On the moment of his entry eleven of these tables were unoccupied, but at the twelfth an eager young waiter attended upon a stout provincial Frenchwoman who was partaking heartily of a pungently smelling stew.
From Max by Katherine Cecil Thurston
