eject
verb (used with object)
to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or position.
were ejecting
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past progressiveof eject.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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By the time he was twenty-three, and he got himself to an oral surgeon, they had rotated sideways inside his gums and were ejecting themselves through the tissue under his nose.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
