uncork
verb (used with object)
to draw the cork from.
was uncorking
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past progressiveof uncork.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 two men went along some tortuous passages and up a dark staircase and came to a secluded room where one of the stewards was uncorking bottles for a few gentlemen.
From Dubliners by James Joyce
Tonet was uncorking bottles of gin and pointing them out to special friends with lavish and condescending urgency as if he were doing the honors himself.
From Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore by Arthur Livingston
As he was uncorking it, they heard the shop door close, and Mrs. Mifflin came in.
From The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
Mrs. Dicky was sitting on a box, with her hair in puffs and the folding card-table before her, and Mr. Dick was uncorking a bottle of champagne with a nail.
From Where There's a Will by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Placing the bicycle by the roadside, he produced the package prepared by Betty, and was uncorking the milk when a strangled sob caught his ear.
From The House 'Round the Corner by Louis Tracy
