skewer
noun
a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
was skewering
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past progressiveof skewer.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 lot of its humor went past me because I wasn’t familiar with the politicians it was skewering.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2020
The entire episode showed her to be the outsider she always said she was, skewering the famous while somehow being obsessed with them at the same time.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2017
In short order, Mr. Saul was skewering the American presence in Vietnam and assorted political figures, assaulting and seducing eye and mind with a rare and aggressive simultaneity of form and meaning.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2015
It was saying something specific and interpretive about the book it was skewering, about me.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2011
With the creation of the paper's irreverent Style section, Graham had to face at night the very powers that Sally Quinn was skewering by day.
From Time Magazine Archive
