were vending
- past progressive of vend.
Example Sentences
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Replies�United European Investors made a profit for shareholders; the Consolidated Automatic Merchandising Corp. directorship was resigned within a month, and besides, its products were vending, not gambling machines.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was typical: There were vending machines against the back walls and small rectangular tables where inmates could meet with family members.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
The inhabitants were already in the streets, country women with baskets were vending their produce, and the market was full of people.
From The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
He added milk and cream, eggs and country-fed pork to his stores, contenting himself whilst other retired butlers were vending spirits in public houses, by dealing in the simplest country produce.
From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Other hand-carts there were, from which other men, young and old, were vending other wares—fruit more often than not; fruit of a most untempting frowziness.
From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander
