litter
noun
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
were littering
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past progressiveof litter.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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The screen was intended to deter tourists who were littering, parking poorly, and behaving antisocially to take photos for social media.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024
All those buttons that were littering the top of the Recon like some small, light-up warts?
From The Verge ● Aug. 17, 2022
After a Sir David Attenborough documentary highlighted how take-away containers were littering the seas, a public outcry led to legislation banning single-use plastic straws.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2021
The country was on the path to industrialization, but it had a public nuisance problem—widespread squatter colonies and slums and 25,000-plus itinerant hawkers who were littering the streets.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 29, 2021
Reed, looking up from the chaos of letters that were littering his couch, gave a short laugh.
From The Brentons by Wilson C. Dexter
