till
preposition
up to the time of; until.
was tilling
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past progressiveof till.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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“He was tilling the ground,” said Leonard Leo, a former executive vice president of the Federalist Society, a Council for National Policy member and a close family friend of the couple’s.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
Two separate investigations of Estes went on simultaneously for weeks without either group's knowing that the other was tilling the same field.
From Time Magazine Archive
That friend of the poor author was found—he was tilling his garden, surrounded by his flower pots and children, on the outskirts of Prague, Bohemia.
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
When not needed at more important work Stephen attended the common school. but the serious business of life was tilling his uncle's fields.
From Life of Stephen A. Douglas by William Gardner
It was lovely weather, the birds were twittering peacefully; not far from the copse a peasant was tilling the ground.
From The Jew and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
