loop
noun
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
were looping
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past progressiveof loop.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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An adjoining shed held the roosts, which a few murmuring fowls were looping with heavy flights.
From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Kathleen Thompson Norris
Your sayings and doings would interest us even if we were looping the loop socially in gay Gotham and dwelt continually 'in the midst of alarms.'
From Mary Ware's Promised Land by John Goss
