shave
verb (used without object)
to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
was shaving
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past progressiveof shave.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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He was shaving, he said, but his hand shook so much that he kept cutting himself.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
“I woke up one morning and I was shaving, and I said to myself, ‘You’re fooling yourself.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2023
However, Mr Torres has since explained why he was shaving on the New Jersey train, leading many to regret their snap judgements.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2018
“My life is all screwed up. That’s the reason I was shaving on the train,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2018
He remembers when his paternal grandfather died, sometime in the seventies, remembers his mother screaming when she walked in on his father, who was shaving off all his hair with a disposable razor.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
