pulverize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
were pulverizing
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past progressiveof pulverize.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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"And you were pulverizing my nose," apologized Father Roland.
From The Courage of Marge O'Doone by Lester Ralph
The clamor was so great it sounded like they were pulverizing chaff, or that they were hammers in a fulling mill that weren't letting up.
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Robert S. Rudder
When German planes were pulverizing Warsaw, Yugoslavia declared its mock-neutrality.
From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Samuel Vaknin
