feast
noun
any rich or abundant meal.
were feasting
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past progressiveof feast.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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And by the Middle Ages, felines in some Middle Eastern ports were consuming large quantities of fish—including tuna—likely because they were feasting on the scraps left by fishers.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 25, 2023
“I’ve been going all over the globe,” said Mayer, who told me she helped decrease the rodent population in Indonesia, among other places, where they were feasting away in rice fields.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
It was also a little embarrassing: What did you do to ingratiate yourself to one of journalism’s biggest targets, just as your competitors were feasting on a leak of thousands of internal company documents?
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
The robotic arms seemed to prod and grab at the tissue like a pack of predatory animals, giving the disquieting impression that they were feasting on a carcass.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019
All around him people were feasting and celebrating because they thought they were finally safe, but he knew better.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
