fathom
noun
a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. fath
were fathoming
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past progressiveof fathom.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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There was little room in his mood for sustained thought: his wits were fathoming a bottomless pit of black despair.
From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Louis Joseph Vance
The vacant eyes in the faded face of the mother were fathoming distances remote from the four walls of the slatternly room.
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
