were dissecting
- past progressive of dissect.
Example Sentences
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If they were not in conversation with their competitors, the bobsledders were dissecting their recent run.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
What was happening: Officials were dissecting the electronic timing machines, complete with underwater touch pads, used to record the swimmers’ times.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2021
His father made him bring home extra specimens from his biology classes: “When other people were tossing a ball in the back yard, my dad and I were dissecting frogs and grasshoppers.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2015
Born Lorna Tolchard, she met her future husband, John Wing, over a body they were dissecting when both were medical students.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2014
You falsely made me believe that I had won it, and yet all the while you were dissecting my heart, as a surgeon might a living subject.
From Barriers Burned Away by Roe, Edward Payson
