cluster
noun
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch.
was clustering
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past progressiveof cluster.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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A small crowd of hopeful fans had gathered, and a newscaster was clustering them together to use as a backdrop.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2015
At one of these ends there was an enormous camera on wheels, and a whole army of Oompa-Loompas was clustering around it, oiling its joints and adjusting its knobs and polishing its great glass lens.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
In another, as if it were some gigantic old-world fair, the merry-featured, strangely robed throng was clustering round a knot of dancing girls, Egyptian Terpsichoreans.
From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by George Manville Fenn
“Say, don’t it beat hell?” demanded a burly prospector as they came up, pointing back at the wall of the store where the group was clustering like a swarm of bees.
From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum
At the door a stable help was holding a horse, Cosinus, round which a silent and deeply interested throng was clustering.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
