fish
noun
any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
were fishing
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past progressiveof fish.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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“We presume that they were fishing but we don’t actually know what was the purpose of the trip,” Fisk said of the men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
The men were fishing when they hit a coral reef, putting a hole in the boat’s bottom and causing it to take on water, Lt.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
The local sheriff's office said the people adrift on Upper Red Lake in northern Minnesota were fishing when the ice broke.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2022
Nearby, men were fishing peacefully on the waterfront.
From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2022
For a second, I’d thought I’d been shot, then I remembered they were fishing, not hunting.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
