garden
noun
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
were gardening
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past progressiveof garden.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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“Some of my earliest memories were gardening with my parents and getting to enjoy having homemade salsa and tending to our own herb garden,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2015
Usually I am,’ said Hotchkiss … Some of the other victims were gardening or hiking.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2012
Dame Agatha herself looked as if she had been raised on a good golf course, although her main hobbies were gardening, and buying and redecorating houses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of them were gardening, and the gardens were full of old-fashioned flowers, blooming in wonderful profusion.
From The Child of the Dawn by Arthur Christopher Benson
Some had planted small orchards, others were gardening and raising grain.
From The Discards by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter
