sample
noun
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
were sampling
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past progressiveof sample.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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On a recent January morning, student taste testers were sampling Gjersand’s latest creations.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
We tasted apples like we were sampling the finest wines, comparing and contrasting sweetness, tartness, crispness, noticing hints of vanilla — we were ridiculous, thoroughly enjoying ourselves as we sampled everything they had to offer.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
Wan, muddy flavors made a couple of tasters wonder whether they would even have identified it as ranch if they weren’t informed of the general category of dressings they were sampling.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022
But while his parents were sampling the same street food in Taiwan in the ’50s, they didn’t meet until they were graduate students in Florida in the late ’60s.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
One night we were sampling the herring when I heard Janina say, “Hello.”
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
