was retailing
- past progressive of retail.
Example Sentences
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The book was retailing for 28 pounds, or about $35, but many retailers like Waterstones and Amazon are offering it for half price.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
The eyes of the lady to whom the rector was retailing his little gossip were intently on him.
From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Vorst, Marie Van
He flushed hotly in the darkness; the captain was retailing with relish some of his most successful witticisms at Kirkwood's expense....
From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph
These, and fifty such-like scruples, warred within him, and so engaged his attention that he actually heard not one word of all that "town gossip" which Norwood was retailing for his amusement.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
To be brief, he had simply swiped Marcus Aurelius's best stuff, the copyright having expired some two thousand years ago, and was retailing it as his own.
From The Clicking of Cuthbert by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
