ferret
noun
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
were ferreting
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past progressiveof ferret.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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Between numbers, she’d dip her hand into a weathered box that held her picks and capos, and linger there, as if she were ferreting out treasure.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2013
The police were ferreting about the hotel, questioning everybody.
From The Count's Chauffeur by William Le Queux
At that moment they had evidently lost the scent, and were ferreting about among some low trees and bushes in search of it.
From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Talbot Baines Reed
