shear
verb (used with object)
to cut (something).
was shearing
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past progressiveof shear.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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A woman with a razor was shearing her eyebrows into a delicate line, and all round her forehead trimming disorderly hairs.
From Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak by Henriette McDougall
But having found a good-natured barber who said he would not mind our reading a book while he was shearing, we went through with it.
From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley
Midway between Nyon and Rolle, the steamer Mont Blanc was shearing her arrowy course through the blue waters of Lake Léman, heading for the latter place.
From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford
I was shearing in them sheds in '52 when old Shenty owned the run.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by J. Macfarlane
I inquired of Mr M'Swat which was the liveliest time of the year, and being told it was shearing and threshing, I opened one first in November: November 1896 1st.
From My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
