fib
noun
a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
were fibbing
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past progressiveof fib.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, Farahnik Yadegar pointed out, parents might also find out their kids were fibbing about their birth date if they try to turn on parental controls but find their teens ineligible.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
She didn’t believe in lying—was against it in fact—but she also didn’t feel we should go around telling people things that would make them think we were fibbing.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Also, you look as if you were fibbing.
From Patty and Azalea by Carolyn Wells
"I verily believe," very softly, "that you were fibbing when you said you had danced so little!"
From The Heart of Arethusa by Frances Barton Fox
And before I got around to qualifying, I learned that they were fibbing to us about it.
From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Clarence Edgar Johnson
