were kneading

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of knead.
  knead

  verb (used with object)

  to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.

Example Sentences

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were kneading

Two undercooks were kneading bread, and a maid was slicing vegetables.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

I had met Titi Generosa when we lived in Santurce and liked the sound of her loud, coarse voice and the way she moved her hands when she spoke, as if she were kneading words.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

There was a mad look in the glint of the black eyes, and the hands were kneading nervously in and out of the palms.

From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

Some were grinding millet between two stones; some were kneading flour into bread; some were chatting in the sunshine; some sleeping in the shade.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

Then, when no one paid any attention to her, she looked shyly first at one and then at another of the women who were kneading dough, and spoke again,— "They told me,—'Go to comare Sidora.'"

From Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga by Giovanni Verga

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