was wading
- past progressive of wade.
Example Sentences
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At age 25, Birutė Galdikas, the Canadian anthropologist, was wading through swamps riddled with parasites and leeches trying to catch a glimpse of orangutans, or, as she describes them, “survivors of Eden.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Many questioned why Ben Sulayem was wading into an area that, technically, has nothing to do with him - TV is the responsibility of the F1 commercial rights holder, Liberty Media.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
But here is the thing: Chappelle knew he was wading into dangerous waters when he started his segment.
From Slate ● Nov. 23, 2022
That, on top of the news I was covering every day, made me feel as though I was wading deeper and deeper into the dark ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
By the end of it, Aru had felt like she was wading through a steam of post-recess middle school body odor.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
