stow
was stowing
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past progressiveof stow.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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On Thursday afternoon, she was stowing her own shopping into her trunk at the Boyle Heights Food 4 Less and getting ready to pick up her son from Roosevelt High School.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
A few yards away, on the West Bank side, a young Russian woman emerging from the water showed me three decanters she was stowing away in her handbag "as special gifts".
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2015
Within weeks of taking over, Felt was stowing away in his safes detailed plans for any Far Eastern emergency that might affect his command.
From Time Magazine Archive
The CEO, whose first job as a college student was stowing luggage for Delta, remembers sitting alone in a conference room a year ago, exhausted from negotiating with flight attendants and facing American's grim future.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mo was stowing Dustfinger's bags in the back of the van.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
