slice
noun
a thin, flat piece cut from something.
was slicing
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past progressiveof slice.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 Coast Guard vessel was slicing through the Atlantic Ocean, with its target in sight just a half mile away, when a realization set in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
Alexis Henderson was at work at an Amazon warehouse, more than an hour away, when she learned that the Borel fire was slicing through the mountains toward her home in Havilah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
Georgia was slicing apart the Australians, but it couldn’t finish off its chances.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2023
It felt like tornado after tornado was slicing down her street.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
While Aureliano Segundo ate with great bites, overcome by the anxiety of victory, The Elephant was slicing her meat with the art of a surgeon and eating it unhurriedly and even with a certain pleasure.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
