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
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
Workers and homeowners were lugging soaked items out of homes, building giant heaps of debris on the curb.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
Men were lugging brand-new sofas out of stores.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
