plug
noun
a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
were plugging
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past progressiveof plug.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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She told The Sunday Times they were "plugging away".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“We were plugging numbers and looking at everything like everyone else was,” Harlan said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
"The players – at a Premier League club – were plugging them with tissue paper," Barton said.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2012
Mike Shanahan reserved judgment on Beck’s performance, but said an ugly performance was kind of expected given the fact that the Redskins were plugging in backups here and there with the starters.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2011
And no more than into the open Atlantic than we were plugging into it.
From Sonnie-Boy's People by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
