bug
noun
a hemipterous insect.
were bugging
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past progressiveof bug.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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Mostly, it felt like the announcers were bugging a bus driver on his route.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2020
In 1988, the state changed their rules to allow anonymity after constituents complained to a legislator that people were bugging them after their names were released, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2018
“It will be a big boost to UK sales. Now can I quote you as saying that British intelligence services were bugging Trump?”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2018
It’s been great to get that release out there and fix some aspects of gyms that were bugging us, that we didn’t really like but had to leave things when we shipped the product.
From The Verge ● Jul. 6, 2017
Her mouth was open and her eyes were bugging.
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
