pulverize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
was pulverizing
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past progressiveof pulverize.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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I was in control of all my films until this moment where I discovered I had no control over the information that was pulverizing for a 16-year-old kid.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
Baldwin’s first sentence was pulverizing: “Every time I read Langston Hughes I am amazed all over again by his genuine gifts — and depressed that he has done so little with them.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2015
Mrs. Miner, rake in hand, was pulverizing the beds as fast as he spaded, her face flushed and almost happy.
From Wayside Courtships by Hamlin Garland
