shower
noun
a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
were showering
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past progressiveof shower.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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But on this hot Saturday near downtown, the people of Los Angeles were showering their love not on the ice cream man, but the trash man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
A few minutes in, however, the players were showering each other with praise and the mood was more like a celebrity roast.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
More recently, a February YouGov poll out of the UK revealed that 17% of respondents were showering less often.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021
“It used to be that lobbyists were showering gifts upon members of Congress, and we just banned it, and it radically changed the culture,” he said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2017
Three weeks later, when orange, yellow, and purple leaves were showering down from the trees, Frightful was fat.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
