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
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
The manager, who, from the fatigue and exhaustion of the previous night, still felt indisposed, was mounted in front; the two fur-gatherers were lacing on their snow-shoes to follow on foot.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
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
