perforate
verb (used with object)
to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
was perforating
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past progressiveof perforate.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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As a hog will cut its throat swimming, the soaring Norge was perforating her own belly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Modernity, led by the automobile, was perforating the frontier.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
The Gold Nugget Saloon was flaring with light, and a pianola was perforating a tune.
From The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins
The wound was perforating at the central part, but only reached as far back as the lower end of the ascending frontal convolution.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
