picnic
noun
an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
was picnicking
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past progressiveof picnic.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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Outside the Monrovia Public Library, Dayla Quinones, 30, was picnicking under a tree with friends and enjoying the sun, which she said brightens her mood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
Beijing resident Teng Fei was picnicking with his family.
From Reuters ● May 26, 2022
During a date in Central Park in 2009 with a researcher for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mr. Akassy said he saw two raccoons attacking a duck near the water where the couple was picnicking.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2011
The only significant evidence that Ralph Himmelsbach ever processed was the $5,800, found on a Columbia River sandbar by Brian Ingram, 8, of Vancouver, Wash., while he was picnicking with his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 1996
A smartly dressed family was picnicking by the roadside, sitting on deck-chairs.
From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Cora Gordon
