ranch
noun
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
was ranching
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past progressiveof ranch.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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Whether it was ranching, or banjo playing, or whistling, whittling, or any of the skills, but most importantly, just sitting in his psyche.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
When Ehrlich was ranching, alone, she was surprised to find she could “tie the baling twine with a loop at the top to hang on the wagon’s stanchions while simultaneously keeping track of thoughts.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2021
The two men met in the early days of Dakota Territory, where Coe was practicing medicine and Roosevelt was ranching.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 4, 2015
“In the fifties, when my father was ranching, it was two or three years old. Now we get there at fourteen to sixteen months.”
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
John Bratt, twenty-two years old, came to America from England in 1864, went west, and by 1870 was ranching on the Platte.
From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by J. Frank (James Frank) Dobie
