lunge
noun
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
were lunging
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past progressiveof lunge.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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Wilson, who completed only 18 of 34 passes for 153 yards and was sacked three times, often couldn't finish a seven-step drop before defenders were lunging at him.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2012
Mature companies were seeking to rekindle their growth through new business combinations, and takeover artists were lunging after chances to reap big short-term gains.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2011
Packed together, snouts inward, they were lunging, biting, chewing at something big.
From Time Magazine Archive
We were lunging and bumping and tumbling all over each other trying to escape.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
In their ragged regimentals, Stood the old Continentals, Yielding not, While the grenadiers were lunging, And like hail fell the plunging Cannon-shot!
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various
