tool
noun
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
was tooling
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past progressiveof tool.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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Yet the only reason he’s out here racking up steps by the hundreds on a recent morning is because he was tooling around in his sculpture studio before I arrived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
It seems Rep. Richie Yow, R-Chesterfield, was tooling down the road when a piece of metal was flung into his window by a mower he was traveling alongside.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 19, 2020
I was tooling along Washington’s streets, minding my own business, when a woman pulled up next to me and shouted into my half-open window.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2018
Now he was tooling around with the keyboard on his iPad, trying to integrate it into a piece.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 9, 2015
It was November 1982, and I was tooling down Virginia State Route 460 in my green 1972 Volkswagen at four A.M.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
