mind
noun
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc..
were minding
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past progressiveof mind.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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Zilly and I were minding our own business, waiting for a friend at the park, when we were suddenly swarmed by ice-cream-eating 5-year-olds.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2018
It helped pass the time, he said, when they were minding the family cows.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 18, 2018
At the age I was studying Hard Times and Great Expectations they were minding looms; "mill girls," they were called, even when they had left girlhood behind.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012
So well dressed, in fact, that the other day he breezed right past several people who were minding the door of Soho House, where he is not a member.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2012
“They’re so pretty. And there they were, minding their own business, until I came along.”
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
