was breasting
- past progressive of breast.
Example Sentences
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A huge inflamed sun was breasting the horizon of a wide sheet of sea which, to her surprise and delight, the mansion overlooked.
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas
Stay she must by her nest of helpless folk, and was it with futile wings he was breasting the great outer currents of which she was so ignorant?
From Rose of Old Harpeth by Daviess, Maria Thompson
The dog was close, but had entered the current too far down and was breasting it while he bayed in protest to his master's horn.
From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)
Mists were lying on the moor; above them, trees showed like things afloat, and when he crossed the road he felt that he was breasting silent floods.
From Moor Fires by Young, E. H. (Emily Hilda)
Then the car was breasting the winding slope of the drive, in first speed; the faint jar of the engine sending undulations over the mahogany-and-white coat of the stowaway dog.
From Further Adventures of Lad by Terhune, Albert Payson
