scuttle
were scuttling
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past progressiveof scuttle.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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The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday how some AI companies were scuttling products and even applying limits to the amount of tokens available, citing a computing capacity crunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
The visitors were at their most troublesome when Soufiane Bufal and Dusan Tadic were scuttling down the wings, fed by the busy energy and canny deliveries of Steven Davis and James Ward-Prowse.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2017
The U. S. owners of Dominican Tobacco Co. were scuttling about Washington prodding the State Department to protest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three large black spiders were scuttling around inside it.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
More of the black things were scuttling out of the dark, their feet beating a quick staccato rhythm against roots and rocks and leaves.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
