lug
verb (used with object)
to pull or carry with force or effort.
were lugging
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past progressiveof lug.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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My fellow passengers on this rather spartan Danish overnight train skewed younger; many of them were lugging stuffed hiking backpacks.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2023
Soon they were lugging out a drying rack full of dishes and jars of olives and pickles.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
The men were lugging firewood, but were strangely not carrying a corpse.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023
From the Free Zone Fan Village, in the desert south of Doha, fans were lugging suitcases across large swaths of artificial turf under the glare of stadium lights.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
They were lugging the five heavy books the ranger had given Neel, and Baba was also carrying their decoy masks and his long, sturdy stick.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
