heft
noun
weight; heaviness.
were hefting
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past progressiveof heft.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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How, they wonder, can a looter claim to be hungry and oppressed, yet walk off with a color-television set as easily as if he were hefting a loaf of bread?
From Time Magazine Archive
The “talent,” with delicious thrills, were hefting favorite champions, and hastening’ to register their wagers with the bank.
From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Paul T. (Paul Thomas) Gilbert
