assuage
verb (used with object)
was assuaging
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past progressiveof assuage.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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Shelley was doing his best to make two adoring young creatures happy: he was regarding the one with affectionate consideration by mail, and he was assuaging the other one at home.
From In Defence of Harriet Shelley by Mark Twain
The amused smile which Mr. Pyecroft had worn when he had entered, and which he had subdued to thoughtful sobriety while "Wormwood" was assuaging the invalid's tribulations, began now to reappear.
From No. 13 Washington Square by Leroy Scott
I am well persuaded that my immersion in the stream was assuaging; and gamesters hereafter, or the faculty themselves, may, if they please, profit by the experiment.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft
