snoop
verb (used without object)
to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
was snooping
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past progressiveof snoop.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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He warned that it was snooping on companies everywhere "from big cities to small towns - from Fortune 100s to start-ups, folks that focus on everything from aviation, to AI, to pharma".
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2023
"He was snooping around our house for 16 minutes," Schweitzer wrote.
From Fox News ● Jul. 13, 2021
The privacy freak-out occurred shortly after the revelation that the app was snooping on users’ clipboard data, a practice TikTok says it would stop.
From The Verge ● Dec. 16, 2020
But a month later I was snooping through my mom’s room, bored as usual, when I came across a large folder with the words "Ohio Racquetball Association" written across it.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2019
At first he’d said he was snooping around the Mother Paula’s property in order to heist a load of Gladiator cigarettes.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
