wheel
noun
a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
were wheeling
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past progressiveof wheel.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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"And they were wheeling that infusion pump and everything else with them."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
The Washington Commanders then took Illinois defensive tackle Jer’Zhan Newton and a total of 20 defensive players went in a round that had seven trades as teams were wheeling and dealing to get their guy.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
At around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, roughly 20 minutes after their plane from Paris landed in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Joan Policastro and Tor Smitt were wheeling their bags to an airport shuttle.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2020
At a Costco in Los Angeles Tuesday, hand sanitizer was gone and shoppers clogged the back of the cavernous store where workers were wheeling out pallet after pallet of bottled water.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2020
Twenty bats were wheeling around the cave, playing some kind of game of catch with Boots.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
