attire
verb (used with object)
to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
was attiring
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past progressiveof attire.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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The blow fell upon him when he was attiring himself in the garments of his new degree, in preparation for his visit.
From Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) by Morley Roberts
Soon Etienne was alone in a comfortable cell, and was attiring his person, a duty a Norman seldom neglected; nor did he despise the luxury of a bath, to the scorn of the un-laving natives.
From The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
Mrs. Hardcastle was attiring herself for dinner; not so Mrs. Dundyke; she stood at the door peeping out, hoping to see her husband appear in the long corridor.
From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
"I say, Becky," cried Rawdon Crawley out of his dressing-room, to his lady, who was attiring herself for dinner in her own chamber.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Tom was attiring himself in his Sunday best.
From Left End Edwards by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea
