fuss
noun
an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle.
were fussing
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past progressiveof fuss.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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I got to do more of reporting and writing back there, and I think also fewer people were fussing over it than were fussing over political news.
From Time ● Oct. 18, 2017
The stage was soaked, and managers were fussing around, clipboards in hand.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2016
I'm sure commentators in 1920 were fussing over what Zane Grey was doing to national intelligence levels.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2013
She didn't realize the real reason her parents were fussing and fighting all the time.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Her hands were fussing with the hang of her skirt.
From Miss Billy — Married by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
