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
So when I was sampling instruments I was playing each and every note.
From The Verge ● Mar. 1, 2019
Miss Preston was sampling material from Malus pumila, a Russian crab apple.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2014
Florel was sampling them when the steward returned.
From Millennium by Everett B. Cole
