slosh
verb (used without object)
to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
were sloshing
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past progressiveof slosh.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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Massive amounts of water, shoved north by the high winds, were sloshing ashore, raising the ocean multiple feet and battering vulnerable coastal communities with severe erosion.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
Several gallons were sloshing around in a huge plastic jug that looked as if it had been snatched from a water cooler.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2019
Aretha became a revolution by incarnating powerful ideas and desires that were sloshing around seeking a vessel strong enough to contain them.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2018
By the time the three of us were sloshing egg rolls around in the dishes of neon-pink sweet and sour sauce that Al couldn’t get enough of, he was already in a seriously bad way.
From Slate ● May 29, 2014
By the halfway mark, the oarsmen in their sliding seats were sloshing back and forth in several inches of it.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
