chomp
verb (used with or without object)
were chomping
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past progressiveof chomp.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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“I remember the three of us huddling while people were chomping on their rubber chicken, trying to figure out how we could address what was becoming a bit of an outcry,” Oyelowo says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
She had brought her daughters, who were chomping on burgers with buns.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2022
“They were not blockheads that were chomping down on anything they saw moving,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2021
I’d take the panko-lightened chicken Parmesan at Alta Strada over the routine issue here, and eating the ordinary chopped salad at Nicoletta makes me wish I were chomping on its superior at All-Purpose Pizzeria.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2019
The pigs on my either hand had by this time overcome their respective inertias and were chomping cheek-murdering chunks.
From The Enormous Room by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
