knead
verb (used with object)
to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
were kneading
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past progressiveof knead.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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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
Two undercooks were kneading bread, and a maid was slicing vegetables.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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
On the cape he found a homestead, Where he found the mistress baking, And her daughters dough were kneading.
From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Elias Lönnrot
Seeing that Hermione was silent, all her attention being centred in the dough her white fists were kneading, Mrs. Trapes spoke instead.
From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Jeffery Farnol
