bigboyyabadabagoo312 bigboyyabadabagoo312 03-11-2020 English contestada Which answer choice best explains how the bolded participial phrase is used in this sentence? Thinking it was after eight o'clock, Sam hurried home. It is used as a noun and acts as the subject of the sentence. It is used as an adverb to describe the verb hurried. It is used as an adjective to describe the noun Sam. It is used as a verb to name the main action of the sentence.