retail
noun
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
was retailing
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past progressiveof retail.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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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
But his greatest pleasure, the one to which he would sacrifice everything, was retailing a piece of news.
From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Henry Kingsley
On 29th January, Chapuys, ignorant of Anne's miscarriage, was retailing to his master a court rumour that Henry intended to marry again.
From Henry VIII. by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
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 Charles James Lever
Any diner there who observed him would have said that Cliff was retailing some current scandal which concerned an acquaintance.
From The Thunder Bird by B. M. Bower
