nurse
noun
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
were nursing
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past progressiveof nurse.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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India captain Virat Kohli had flown back home and a couple of key players were nursing injuries.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2023
Elsewhere, the euro gained 0.01% to $0.9702, while the antipodean currencies were nursing losses after having fallen to fresh multi-year lows earlier in the week.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2022
She said they were nursing the animal back to health with plans to release it back into the wild.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
For example, you will find few taxidermied bears posed as if it they were nursing cubs or eating berries in a non-threatening manner.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2022
The rest of the class was very eager to leave; Moody had given them such a rigorous test of hex-deflection that many of them were nursing small injuries.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
