hollow
adjective
having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty.
were hollowing
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past progressiveof hollow.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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On the car ride back, he took my hand from my lap and pressed his thumb into the doughy part of my palm as if he were hollowing out a spot to plant a seed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
"Her father and brothers were so sure she was going to die," Dr. Smith recalls, "that they were hollowing out a log for her casket."
From Time Magazine Archive
Later, when the daylight was quite gone and the electrics were hollowing out a bowl of stark whiteness in the night, Ruiz Gregorio wished he had chosen otherwise.
From Empire Builders by Hambidge, Jay
Some were taking away in wheelbarrows the rubbish which filled the ditch; others were hollowing out the earth with spades.
From The Daughter of the Commandant by Milne-Home, Mary Pamela
I was standing under an apple-tree, watching a pair of titmice who were hollowing out a stub for a nest, when my ear caught a novel song not far away.
From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford
