portion
noun
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it.
were portioning
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past progressiveof portion.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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"You've got a big piece of chalk this morning, haven't you?" grumbled the adjutant to the adjutant of our companion Brigade, complaining that they were portioning off more rooms than they were entitled to.
From Pushed and the Return Push by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols
