purse
noun
was pursing
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past progressiveof purse.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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Using her design skills — they met in New York City when she was attending Parsons School of Design and he was pursing comedy — Beame Martin led a rebuild of the studio-turned-gallery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2025
By the time he was doing an on-field television interview with SportsNet LA, he was pursing his lips and holding back tears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
Barbour mentioned the company was pursing “all kinds of other projects of automation” at a manufacturing facility in Kentucky, so it could meet demand without big increases in hiring.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2022
Mr. Garbus would not say what she does for a living, though she was pursing an acting career at the time of the attack.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2018
But Mother Slaughter was pursing her lips and tilting her head.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
