clump
noun
a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
were clumping
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past progressiveof clump.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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Two men were clumping down the stairs and into the dining room carrying something between them.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Then, at last, the baron's men were clumping off, and Mark was dragging his sweetheart out onto the bank.
From The Time Mirror by Clark South
My aunt and Miss Browne had tied huge green veils over their cork helmets, and were clumping about in tremendous hobnailed boots.
From Spanish Doubloons by Camilla Kenyon
The Fifth Avenue busses were clumping and lumbering in swift succession to their stopping-places.
From Out of the Air by Inez Haynes Gillmore
They were clumping along, chattering gaily, when Katy jumped and let out a yell that could have been heard a block away.
From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Lily Munsell Ritchie
