foam
noun
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc..
were foaming
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past progressiveof foam.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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There was so much dead skin it looked as if his arm were foaming.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2018
The winds had switched offshore, myself, Granger and 60 competitors were foaming at the gills to get in the water.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hoffman takes thimblefuls of humor, absurdity, poignance, honesty, desire and passion and drains them as if they were foaming crystal goblets of dramatic life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hundreds of U.S. dogs were foaming at the mouth last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hillside streams ran freshets, and creek-bed roads were foaming and boiling into waterfalls.
From The Call of the Cumberlands by Charles Neville Buck
