yarn
noun
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
was yarning
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past progressiveof yarn.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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While Thomas was yarning and clowning, he kept sternly to his poet's vocation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Was in at the bank this morning on business, and while I was yarning with Marshbanks I saw your card lying on the table.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram
By-the-bye, I was yarning, while washing at a stream near here this morning, with some Worcesters, who told me they had five killed and fifteen wounded on that day.
From A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition by Ross, P. T.
All this while I was yarning away, though I had to shout to the top of my voice in order to overcome the noise of the machinery, as I described all that had occurred.
From The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea by Austin, Henry
Restless was yarning with two of McLagan’s boys, who are out huntin’ the stolen cattle.
From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Cullum, Ridgwell
