prime
adjective
of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration.
were priming
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past progressiveof prime.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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Long before the series' April premiere, ecstatic critics were priming TV viewers to expect the unexpected.
From Time Magazine Archive
"She sat there waving her hands as though she were priming a pump."
From Time Magazine Archive
As I looked they were priming them with powder from their musket cartridges, and no doubt intended to fire a musket into this priming.
From The Battle of Franklin, Tennessee November 30, 1864; A statement of the erroneous claims made by General Schofield, and an exposition of the blunder which opened the battle by John K. Shellenberger
Some men were priming now, some ramming in powder and shot, some threading their matchcord into the hammer, some firing again.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
