prime
adjective
of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration.
was priming
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past progressiveof prime.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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He was priming to let fly another blast at Senator Tydings when he received a call from the White House.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dwarf frolicked over to the nearest ballista, which his red-furred friend was priming to launch.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Jabez was priming his pistol one morning while he hastily scanned the elevating disclosures—social and otherwise—of the New York American, when a breathless woman rode up to the store on a tricycle.
From Terribly Intimate Portraits by Lorn Loraine
“The boiler was priming and I was afraid of the cylinders.”
From Brandon of the Engineers by Harold Bindloss
Possibly he prayed; but he was priming his old gun the next instant.
From Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson
