adjoin
verb (used with object)
to be close to or in contact with; abut on.
was adjoining
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past progressiveof adjoin.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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Her bedroom was adjoining, and across a small passage were the dining room and kitchen.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
Her bedroom was adjoining, and across a small passage were the dining-room and kitchen.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
A blazing fire of pine wood soon gave cheerfulness to the vast and somewhat desolate apartment into which our friends had been ushered; their sleeping-room was adjoining, but separated.
From Venetia by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
The cioset was adjoining her chamber, and was separated from the apartments of madame only by a short gallery.
From A Sicilian Romance by Ann Ward Radcliffe
A large branch from an overhanging tree fell very near the bed of one of the Orungu leaders, which was adjoining that of the sorcerer.
From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Robert Hamill Nassau
