snag
noun
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
were snagging
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past progressiveof snag.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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As we were snagging bags in palm trees with many spines on them, a young man watching said, “Those bags are like gum in dreadlocks.”
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
Some of her best operatives collected 200 signatures a day, but most were snagging 100 to 125 signatures outside grocery stores and shopping malls, she recalls.
From Time ● Jul. 24, 2015
None of these girls were snagging million-dollar advertising contracts of the sort that exist today.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2015
