lace
noun
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
were lacing
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past progressiveof lace.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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And on Sunday night, as America was heating up nachos for Super Bowl parties, Team USA’s skaters were lacing up for their own winner-take-all showdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Some were lacing tight over the framework the taut skin of their kayaks.
From The Eternal Maiden by T. Everett Harré
Naturally, it weakened me, took the life out of me; but I had learned muscular tricks for stealing a little space while they were lacing me.
From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by Jack London
Footprints and trails there were lacing and interlacing, one destroying the identity of the other; but though seeking, as it were, entirely in the dark, they pressed on hour after hour.
From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by George Manville Fenn
Amik, during the summer, had made a number of snowshoe frames, and now the women were lacing them.
From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Arthur Henry Howard Heming
