slosh
verb (used without object)
to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
was sloshing
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past progressiveof slosh.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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As you said, a lot of money was sloshing around.
From Salon ● May 27, 2025
His spacewalk lasted only 12 minutes, but his body temperature had risen so much that sweat was sloshing in the leggings of his spacesuit.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2019
“I was sloshing through the water with my puppy dog, debris was everywhere,” she said.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2018
I tried harder, and still there was sloshing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2018
She was sloshing along toward the centre of a basin which appeared to be half a mile wide and not more than a mile long.
From West Wind Drift by George Barr McCutcheon
