scuff
verb (used with object)
to scrape (something) with one's foot or feet.
was scuffing
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past progressiveof scuff.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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Ken Krahenbuhl was scuffing his way through the 1998 season in the independent leagues, not affiliated with Major League Baseball, when he learned the Pacific Suns of Oxnard, California, had traded him.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2017
In no time the U. S. Coast Guard launch 'Squan Beach was scuffing its way through the breakers for a point "two and a half hours' run southeast of Manasquan Inlet."
From Time Magazine Archive
“Don’t say anything, Bigwig,” whispered Hazel: for Bigwig was scuffing his paws indignantly.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
