skin
noun
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
was skinning
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past progressiveof skin.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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Maybe it was skinning data off the map as a head fake, a way of lowering expectations Apple will then exceed.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2012
I was skinning a hide and I dare not just put my work down.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
Three men-at-arms had escorted him into a wood near Horn Hill, where his father was skinning a deer.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Whilst I was skinning my dove, the people brought in a horrible-looking carved figure with staring eyes.
From Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines by H. Wilfrid Walker
Daddy went to the miller's To get Puss some meal, And when he came back She was skinning an eel.
From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by E. W. (Edward William) Cole
