massage
noun
the act or art of treating the body by rubbing, kneading, patting, or the like, to stimulate circulation, increase suppleness, relieve tension, etc.
were massaging
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past progressiveof massage.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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Internal e-mails from Manchester City suggested that club officials were massaging deals and supplementing them with funds from Sheikh Mansour’s holding company, Abu Dhabi United Group.
From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2019
“It was as though she were massaging me with her bones,” the woman says.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2013
Between my shoulders my heart squeezes, as though some doctor were massaging it to life.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
They were massaging his legs and arms when the gray-haired man came in waving his clipboard.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
Then we counted the oozing barrels with great satisfaction, you may be sure, even while we were massaging our swollen wrists with our aching fingers.
From The Seiners by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
