worship
noun
reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
was worshipping
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past progressiveof worship.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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“Because I’m English, and we don’t really do cults, I didn’t really understand what was going on. But everybody was worshipping him.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 18, 2017
They had begun this training in 1985, as I was worshipping Optimus Prime with an open mouth before an ancient television set.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 22, 2016
Other historically black churches might have desired the President’s presence on Easter, but they understood why he was worshipping with a grieving congregation.
From Time ● Apr. 23, 2011
For half a century, I deluded myself into thinking I was worshipping an eternal, spiritual being, the Creator.
From Time Magazine Archive
The murder of the old king took place, according to the Bible, “as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god.”
From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
