joust
noun
a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
were jousting
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past progressiveof joust.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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They were jousting with an elderly woman who had attended, and somehow they all ended up taking out their identity cards.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
“Last night I dreamed my brother was alive again. We were jousting before some great lord, riding Crunch and Pretty Pig, and men were throwing roses at us. We were so happy...”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
And already was the house full of brave and valiant knights, and esquires who even now were jousting with foils and overthrew many an one.
From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Pisan, Christin? de
