skipper
noun
the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.
was skippering
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past progressiveof skipper.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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He was skippering a Spanish-registered yacht intercepted by the French navy on 18 December, around 1,200 miles east of Martinique in the Atlantic.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
"This is no democracy," Bus announced when he was skippering Weatherly in the 1962 Cup trials.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was skippering for a fisherman named Mike Lerner," recalls Gifford, "and we hooked into this fish at 3 p.m.
From Time Magazine Archive
