ford
noun
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
were fording
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past progressiveof ford.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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They were fording a creek some distance beyond Stain's cabin when Kenneth broke the silence that had followed the conversation with the hunter by exploding violently: "Under no circumstances,—and that's all there is to it."
From Viola Gwyn by George Barr McCutcheon
Farther up, the wagons were fording the stream.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
By-and-by, we saw the three ferry-boats returning, filled with Mandarins and their attendants; the horses were fording the river in another direction, under the guidance of one of the boatmen.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Evariste Regis Huc
One native fell into a swiftly running stream as they were fording it and lost a box containing some much-needed things.
From Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
But we were fording a stream fed by the snows of Orizava.
From The Rifle Rangers by Mayne Reid
