tuck
verb (used with object)
to put into a small, close, or concealing place.
were tucking
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past progressiveof tuck.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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You could hear it being whispered in the breakfast hall of the Malaga hotel where travelling British fans were tucking into their Spanish tortilla.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024
At night, when we were tucking him into bed, he would quiz me on "Star Wars" quotes.
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2022
Carissa Moore was carving turns at full stretch, in full flight; Steph Gilmore was drawing swift, elegant, classic lines; and both were tucking into the longest, most nail-biting barrels of the event.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2018
A group of Wall Street investors were tucking into chicken in a red-wine demi-glace and Brussels sprouts at the Plaza Hotel.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2015
It also gave Ebright the ability to control the nutritional value of what his boys were tucking into.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
