sluice
noun
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow.
was sluicing
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past progressiveof sluice.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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I would bolt awake because I thought a giant squid had attached its suckers to my face and was sluicing the life out of me.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2020
Overnight Tuesday, crews had restored water to the tiny Keswick community about five miles west of Redding, and now water was sluicing down his lawn into what used to be his driveway.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2018
Rain was sluicing into the backyard like they had never seen in 34 years there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2017
By Buffalo it was sluicing, blotting out the moon, stars and landscape, everything except the blurry headlights ahead.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2017
A ship is like her master and the watch was sluicing down decks or setting up the rigging which had slackened with the heavy dew.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover
