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.
clusternouna number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch.
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
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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
Her hair was clustering and boyish, reaching only to the neck.
From A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
Much of the fruity wealth of autumn still was clustering in our sight, heavily fetching the arched bough down to lessen the fall, when fall they must.
From Erema — My Father's Sin by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore