plow
noun
an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
was plowing
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past progressiveof plow.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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Discovery WBD 1.17%increase; green up pointing triangle had rebuffed several bids from Paramount and was plowing ahead with a deal with Netflix when a fed up activist investor arrived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
But the cuts came at a time when Concordia was plowing $25.5 million into upgrading the university’s athletic infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
Ministry spokesperson Enayatullah Alokozai said the government was plowing $100 million into the telecom sector and had fully restored hundreds of towers.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
"He was being a great neighbor and he was plowing those roads for his neighbor," Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam told CNN.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2023
A Staten Island Ferry was plowing through the waves near Ellis Island.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
