troll
verb (used with object)
to fish for or in with a moving line, either working the line up or down with a rod as in fishing for pike, or trailing the line behind a slow-moving boat.
was trolling
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past progressiveof troll.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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The “Unicorn Academy” writer was trolling government job sites when she stumbled across a listing for court reporters in Los Angeles — and then another, and another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
But this did not stop some from speculating as to whether the platform was "trolling" its users.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Mason said he was trolling the internet, hoping to draw out Patriot Front members and expose sympathizers to discredit followers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2022
On Thursday he was trolling Congress in real time, at one point posting a “Yes or No” poll on his platform.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2021
I was trolling the Internet in search of something with some real content, not just a bunch of flashy graphics, when I came across an article you wrote entitled "Defining Geekdom."
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
