irrigate
verb (used with object)
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
were irrigating
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past progressiveof irrigate.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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“Look behind us. We were irrigating that a couple of months ago, desperate for water in the middle of a drought. And today it’s Lake Wobegon. And so what do you do?”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Johnson, a golfer, said he used to play at a La Quinta course where “they were irrigating areas that weren’t even in play,” and watering sand traps, as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
Manning refuses to take any advice from the farmers on the Project, men who were irrigating before he was born.
From Still Jim by Morrow, Honoré
It was oats we were irrigating, wasn't it?
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)
It was Saturday morning, and Lysander and Melissa were irrigating the orange-trees.
From Stories of the Foot-hills by Graham, Margaret Collier
