shoo
interjection
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
was shooing
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past progressiveof shoo.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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“I have to get Iowa out of my head,” he said, waving his hand above his head like he was shooing away some ghouls.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2016
Evan Hamilton of St Albans, who dressed in camouflage and was shooing away those who tried to cut in line in front of him, viewed Sanders scornfully.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2016
During their freezing Moscow shift, patrolmen Samokhvalov and Petrunin’s main crime-fighting activity was shooing away a driver attempting to park illegally on a pedestrian thoroughfare.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2014
I looked behind us to see whom he was shooing.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
He waved his hand, like he was shooing away an annoying insect.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
