Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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A group of older kids were horsing around and shoving each other into the pool.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
Around noon, while Robbins and Ruffalo were horsing around between takes—Robbins: “You were horrible.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
My recollection was they were kind of wrestling, there was body contact and they were horsing around,” the athletic director testified, according to the transcript.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 17, 2011
He remembers the words Mickey Rosario, a trainer at a small gym on 112th street, told him and his friends when they first showed up to his gym and were horsing around.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2011
She smiled at the cluster of teenage boys who were horsing around in the shallow end.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
