rear
noun
the back of something, as distinguished from the front.
were rearing
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past progressiveof rear.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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“They were rearing up on their hind legs,” she recalled, “as a half-dozen females calmly watched from the sidelines.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
Then he recalled that the microbes for the study came from a facility in Louisiana, where researchers were rearing them in nine-banded armadillos, which are a prime host for the bacteria.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 15, 2022
"We also saw that in some peoples' minds the boycott ghosts of the past were rearing their ugly heads again," Bach said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 3, 2022
Later in life Ms. Foster did not hide that she lived with a woman and that they were rearing two sons, and she certainly did not pose in fake romances with eligible bachelors.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2013
In those pages were rearing horses, swords, war-cries, the pride of triumph; and they wanted him, like them, to do no more than wag his head and beat time with his feet!
From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Gilbert Cannan
