tuck
verb (used with object)
to put into a small, close, or concealing place.
was tucking
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past progressiveof tuck.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 so passionate about running that once, when Holly Bruce, Wynn’s stepmother, was tucking him into bed, his sheets were pulled all the way to his neck.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022
“I was tucking in my shirt,” he explained later.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2020
"The Borat video is a complete fabrication. I was tucking in my shirt after taking off the recording equipment," Giuliani wrote in a tweet on Oct.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2020
“I was tucking in my shirt after taking off the recording equipment,” he tweeted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
When Dad was tucking me in that night, the night before the worst day, I asked if the world was a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
