forage
noun
were foraging
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past progressiveof forage.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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Although both species were foraging across the same landscape, the results showed striking differences.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
Three piglets on the loose from an abandoned sty were foraging in the city street.
From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2022
If more people foraged but were foraging things like mallow, black mustard, garlic mustard, nonnative bramble berries, we’d actually be doing our ecosystems a world of good.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2022
But what they found instead was that the birds were foraging only on the soft marsh areas that were already weakened and collapsing because of rising sea levels.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2016
Pigs and fowls and dogs, and a stray cat, were foraging for crumbs under the table.
From An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by George Ernest Morrison
