prong
noun
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
was pronging
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past progressiveof prong.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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This last Remark was intended for an inoffensive Person who had slipped in to get a Rhine Wine and Seltzer, and was pronging about Forty Cents' Worth of Lunch.
From More Fables by George Ade
While he was speaking he was pronging away with his spear down the companion-hatch, and the growling grew louder and fiercer.
From Peter the Whaler by Henry Austin
