solder
noun
any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
was soldering
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past progressiveof solder.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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His first job, at 13, was soldering lead at a jewelry maker for 12 hours a day, breathing in the acrid fumes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
One morning she was soldering a canister full of hazardous materials, and she absorbed so much radiation that her white blood cell count dropped to half its normal level.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2023
At that moment Coupeau was soldering the extreme edge of the sheet close to the gutter; he slid down as far as possible, but without being able to reach the edge.
From L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
Antip was soldering something by the stove, puffing out his cheeks; there was a smell of burning.
From The Witch and other stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Jake Ruggles leant over the goldsmith’s bench, put the end of his blow-pipe into the gas-flame, and impinged a little oxygenized jet upon the silver buckle he was soldering.
From The Tale of Timber Town by Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus) Grace
