tar
noun
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
was tarring
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past progressiveof tar.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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All that remained now was tarring the fields, and then buckling down beneath the wind shields before the first winter storms struck.
From Image of the Gods by Alan Edward Nourse
The roof he was tarring was a little above him, with the result that he himself was fairly covered with sprinklings of the tar.
From The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by J. M. (Joseph Maria) Gordon
