stab
verb (used with object)
to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
was stabbing
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past progressiveof stab.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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Case in point: A month after the double date, Lexi was stabbing needles into the fat around her navel, ripening her eggs for extraction.
From Slate ● May 7, 2024
"I wrote it down on a piece of paper while I was on the phone and was stabbing at it with a pen and mouthing to my colleague, I have this," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2021
The underwire was stabbing me, the back was scratchy.”
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2020
Officer Nhut Huynh was among 16 officers who received the Medal of Valor for acts that included rescuing a child from a burning house and saving a woman from a man who was stabbing her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2018
Sylvia was stabbing a bunch of yarn into something that resembled a sweater in the living room, with a direct line of sight to me.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
