barge
noun
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
were barging
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past progressiveof barge.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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Most women were silent on such issues due to stigma, she said, but when a boy told her security forces were barging into his home and harassing his mother, she went to investigate.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2019
Inevitably, the trucks and heavy combat vehicles of the 187th were barging into some of the olive trees causing damage, and there was the question of compensation for the Lebanese olive growers.
From Time Magazine Archive
While you were barging around caves, I was making change at the bank.
From The Caves of Fear by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
