picket
noun
a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
was picketing
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past progressiveof picket.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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His parents, too, long worked in hotel housekeeping; his father was picketing at a nearby Ritz-Carlton, he said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
The same day, the union was picketing at sunrise at Silvercup Studios East in Long Island City to block filming of Disney+’s “Daredevil: Born Again,” the WGA said on Twitter.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
"I support the writers because as actors we are only as good as the writing we get," said Rob Lowe, who was picketing with his son, writer and actor John Owen Lowe.
From Reuters ● May 3, 2023
She refused to cross a picket line that was picketing a theater showing a play about her.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2021
The “departure” that Blatch, other suffragist leaders, and particularly Alice Paul came up with was picketing, a tactic that Blatch and Paul had seen used effectively when they had aided British suffragists.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
