snooze
verb (used without object)
were snoozing
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past progressiveof snooze.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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While some of you were snoozing off to the Oscars, I was giddy to see what happened when Dumper met up with Mariners star Julio Rodriguez in Team USA’s highly-awaited game against the Dominican Republic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
Many people were snoozing, and some had slipped on their headphones, but Collins, delighting in the hilarity of it, wanted the full experience, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
But it was infants who were snoozing – and gurgling, screaming and playing peekaboo – at the Vaudeville theatre in the Strand on Wednesday afternoon.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2019
And if the health teacher did talk about them, apparently many were snoozing.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2011
The Fat Lady and her friend Vi were snoozing in the picture over the portrait hole.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
