roast
verb (used with object)
to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
were roasting
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past progressiveof roast.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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Officials said that several children outside in a patio area were roasting marshmallows on a device called Flikr Fire, a tabletop fireplace kit that uses rubbing alcohol for fuel and was recalled in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
And hominins were roasting nuts, tubers, and seeds about 780,000 years ago.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2019
A group of men already gathered there were roasting lamb over an open fire.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2016
A layer of tiny fish were roasting on a screen held over the flame.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2015
Too early for a campfire, and I didn’t figure they were roasting marshmallows.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
