slave
noun
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
was slaving
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past progressiveof slave.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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Director George Miller, creator of Babe as well as the Mad Max franchise, was slaving away last week, trying to get the $90 million-plus film in shape for its Nov. 25 opening.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much earlier that day, before Granny discovered the fly in her caldo verde, Tendai was slaving away in the She Elephant’s shebeen.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
Edith's group was slaving over Helen's gift, Rhoda's over Edith's, and so on, while all the groups had some marvellous bit of co-operative work in hand for Mistress Mary.
From Marm Lisa by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
But they only trusted it with me, because they thought that I was slaving and scheming to pay them big dividends.
From The Slave of Silence by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
It is curious to note that, during these same years, Arnold Bennett was slaving in London as the editor of Woman.
From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
