shunt
verb (used with object)
to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
was shunting
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past progressiveof shunt.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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And. they argue, Dr. Dodrill has no proof that he was shunting it all aside and producing a "dry field" for operation, because he did not open the lower part of the heart.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps a weird magnetic field was shunting all cosmic rays away from the equator.
From Time Magazine Archive
They waved at him, but had no chance to speak to him because the mass of people around them was shunting them away along the platform.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
A locomotive was shunting, near enough to elbow us, and screaming full-lunged.
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray
Through accident or design, what is known as a "blind switch" had been turned while the engine was shunting the accommodation car about the yards.
From The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark by Edgar B. P. Darlington
