ooze
verb (used without object)
(of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings.
were oozing
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past progressiveof ooze.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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After first noticing the strange secretions, Dr. Snir scanned through the scientific literature and it seemed that her ant pupae were oozing something that was mostly unknown to science.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
The tiny sacs that grow like bunches of grapes throughout the lungs, he explained, were oozing signaling proteins — he was having a “cytokine storm.”
From New York Times ● May 26, 2020
In 1959, a Marine F-8 Crusader pilot survived after ejecting at forty thousand feet into a thunderstorm, though his ears, nose, and mouth were oozing blood.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018
Poisonous orange snails were oozing slowly up the side of their glass tank, and a fat white rabbit kept changing into a silk top hat and back again with a loud popping noise.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
Half a dozen snails were oozing up the cinder-block foundation of their house, getting as high as they could.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
