mince
verb (used with object)
to cut or chop into very small pieces.
were mincing
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past progressiveof mince.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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They were mincing along, gazing about them, and uttering little contemptuous titters, and Stead could only too well guess what kind of remarks Emlyn's companion might make upon him.
From Under the Storm by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Her ways were mincing and precise, and she lazed away her days quite artistically.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
