snag
noun
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
was snagging
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past progressiveof snag.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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And anyway, when he came to think about the show, his shifting idea of Britain, there were other things his mind was snagging on.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2013
What they were looking for, of course, was the less obvious address altavista.digital.com At around the time that Marshall was registering altavista.com I was snagging the domain name mcdonalds.com for a Wired Magazine story.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet it was snagging a fish every couple of seconds.
From Time Magazine Archive
