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
Meanwhile Diana, with one arm clasped protectingly round Orion's waist, was partaking of the soup which old Mother Bridget had ladled into a little bowl.
From A Little Mother to the Others by L. T. Meade
Drake Vernon, propped up by pillows, was partaking of beef tea with every sign of distaste.
From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Charles Garvice
It was while Mr. Holbrook was partaking of a glass of something warm and spicy which Great-great-great-grandmother Letitia Hopkins mixed for him.
From The Green Door by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
