stow
were stowing
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past progressiveof stow.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 other day, when we were stowing away apples in the closet, she took bites out of the best to see if they were ripe!
From The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Erckmann-Chatrian
We erected a big tent on the beach at Cape Evans and in this the hut-building party and those who were stowing stores and unloading sledges on the beach got their meals and sleep.
From South with Scott by Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans
I heard him mutter as he neared the boat-house where Fin and I were stowing cargo.
From The Under Dog by Francis Hopkinson Smith
So it was gold they were dividing in those little bags of buckskin that the men were stowing away so carefully.
From The Talking Leaves An Indian Story by William Osborn Stoddard
The doctor was busy stowing his bottles away, and the steward was making the pantry shipshape, and our heroes themselves were stowing away all loose gear in their cabins.
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Gordon Stables
