shoe
noun
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
was shoeing
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past progressiveof shoe.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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It was cattle country and most of Blacksmith Hogan's business was shoeing cow ponies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jim was shoeing a pony when the word came, but with 400 of his countrymen he set out again.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Let us liberate the blacksmith from his work—let us liberate him!" they roared, as they narrowed their circle round the Russian soldiers, amidst whom Alékper was shoeing the captain's horse.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various
He was shoeing a horse in the heat of the cool side of the barn on a frightful August day.
From The Conflict by David Graham Phillips
The forge was open and Sim Peck was shoeing a horse.
From Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace by Alice B. Emerson
