seine
noun
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
was seining
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past progressiveof seine.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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Last week Bulova's network was seining the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was seining between two canoes, and had taken a considerable quantity of salmon.
From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II by Alexander Mackenzie
She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
From The Starbucks by Opie Percival Read
