browse
verb (used with object)
to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
were browsing
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past progressiveof browse.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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Nate Oester and Anna Li, from Port Townsend, Wash., were browsing a stand selling dish towels and tableware in London’s Borough Market at lunchtime on a recent afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
When the app launched this month, users were browsing 21 minutes on average.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
On a recent afternoon at the Columbia branch, people were browsing books, using computers and charging their cellphones.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
User TheMaxXHD said they were browsing the internet when their PC shut down and: "When I look over there I see a component on the motherboard literally on fire."
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2022
They had evidently finished the hungry, intent stage of feeding and were browsing and talking at leisure, and he could see that one of them had the attention of the other three.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
