beautify
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become beautiful.
was beautifying
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past progressiveof beautify.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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There's another track by Stubborn Heart titled Knuckledown featuring pizzicato garage strings, and it sounds like Craig David in hell or MJ Cole if he was beautifying Throbbing Gristle.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2012
I tell you I saw the blue tattoo marks on that woman's scalp when I was beautifying her up for the ball that night.
From The She Boss A Western Story by Arthur Preston Hankins
And many a verse more of that quaint, touching old canticle did she sing, all the time watching the smile of wonderful content that was beautifying the dying face.
From Christie Redfern's Troubles by Edward Barnard Lintott
