Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Two days later, I was snowshoeing around alone when I discovered I was standing in front of the same sequoia I had lain under.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2017
The Mount Vernon man was snowshoeing to the summit Round Top Mountain in Rome.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 18, 2017
One day when Oo-koo-hoo was snowshoeing across a beaver meadow, his dogs, having gained the wooded slope beyond, began racing about as though they had scented game and were trying to connect a broken trail.
From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Arthur Henry Howard Heming
