cuss
verb (used without object)
were cussing
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past progressiveof cuss.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 was by your place and the chickens were cussing up a storm to be fed,” she said.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
In the churches they were praying for rain,—praying hard,—for rain meant money; and in the bars they were "cussing" for lack of it,—"cussing" hard,—on the same principle.
From The Sign of the Spider by Bertram Mitford
