dose
noun
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
were dosing
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past progressiveof dose.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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But no one knew yet whether people were dosing themselves more or only stocking their bathroom shelves.
From Time Magazine Archive
But inside of five minutes they had me rolled up in warm blankets and were dosing me with ginger tea.
From Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
Sheldon had called vainly to the house-boys, who, at the moment, were dosing the remaining patients in the hospital.
From Adventure by Jack London
