thread
noun
a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
were threading
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past progressiveof thread.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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It’s just such a specific kind of needle that you were threading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
We were threading what I would consider an analog camera through a pipe for people to see.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2021
I've already mentioned how he and Sperry were threading electrodes under their skin, but that's just the beginning.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2011
Obama spoke as if he were threading together the various arguments in the room, weighing their relative strengths, never judging or dismissing a point of view.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2010
A five-mile sail, and they were threading their way through narrow, winding Fox Island Thoroughfare, to the wharf at North Haven.
From Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good by Albert Walter Tolman
