was pasting
- past progressive of paste.
Example Sentences
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As Ms. Tenon was pasting up her third poster of the night, teaming up with Anne-Elisabeth Ropartz, they heard what sounded like a police siren.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2020
One evening while Father was out and Shirley was pasting clippings in her Dodgers scrapbook, the lights suddenly went off.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Mrs. Laue was pasting pressed flowers; the fried potatoes were sizzling in fat, the lamp in the hall was smoking, and the poor people's odour greeted all who entered its realm.
From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann
But did you see the pair of shoes I was pasting the other day?
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
His first job was pasting labels on blacking-pots, for which he received twenty-five cents a day!
From De La Salle Fifth Reader by Christian Brothers
