avow
verb (used with object)
was avowing
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past progressiveof avow.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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Now Oscar was avowing his carelessness without a thought of concealment, while he could not summon courage to tell the truth.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories by William Patten
