sample
noun
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
was sampling
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past progressiveof sample.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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"Local is better when the quality is good," said Geneva Guerin, 45, a documentary film maker who was sampling Coates & Seely Brut Reserve at an event in central London.
From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2023
Two years later she was sampling fish there and found one of the bugs, a caddisfly, in a fish’s gut.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2022
The consumer would tell me while I was sampling in grocery stores, no GMOs.
From The Verge ● Dec. 22, 2020
Miss Preston was sampling material from Malus pumila, a Russian crab apple.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2014
Elmendorf was enjoying a week's leave, Mr. Allison was sampling the waters at Carlsbad, and auntie and Florence had Cary on their hands.
From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by Charles King
