prick
noun
a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
was pricking
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past progressiveof prick.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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That’s where it started when I was pricking that bubble of comedians who think they’re changing the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
“You had breakfast yet, Luz?” the nurse asked as she stabilized her hand for emergency medical technician Timothy Samuelson, who was pricking her fingertip to check her blood sugar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2021
“All I could tell the doctors in my local county was that it felt like something was pricking me inside my abdomen,” the 51-year-old said, according to AsiaWire.
From Fox News ● Jan. 10, 2020
“I was pricking through the purlieus of the forest after that Beast, you know, when I met with a solemn friar of orders grey, and he told me. It’s the very latest news.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
He was pricking out an arrow-pierced heart on the sailor boy’s arm.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
