befoul
verb (used with object)
to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully.
was befouling
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past progressiveof befoul.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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He existed for her only as a symbol, in this hideous dream called life, that was coiled like a snake about her and was befouling her and stinging her to death.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips
