flirt
verb (used without object)
to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet.
were flirting
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past progressiveof flirt.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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U.S. stocks were flirting with a critical threshold on Wednesday that, if broken, could portend another 10% drop for the S&P 500, according to one technical analyst.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
TCU: The Horned Frogs were flirting with their worst shooting performance of the season before heating up enough late to wrap at 40%.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
He was at a park in Spain in the 1970s, and the way some young soldiers were flirting with young women reminded him of America in the 1940s.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
“We cannot assume that somebody wants to do something because of what they’re wearing, because maybe they were flirting, because they did it once before,” Marcoux told the class.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2020
“And, to begin, tell why you were flirting with Jerry Roth.”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
