crown
noun
any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
was crowning
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past progressiveof crown.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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After carrying out an internal examination, she discovered that the baby was crowning and she "could see hair".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2022
As the child was crowning without complication, Perez said, Sutton wordlessly cut the woman’s perineum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2018
“Everyone was crowning me the three-time world champion before we had even started, and that stressed me out,” Biles explained.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2016
The Eighteenth Century was crowning its gray-hairs with the wreath of Progress.
From An Oration On The Life And Services Of Thomas Paine by Ingersoll, Robert Green
This paretic fatuity now had possession of James; in imagination he was crowning and draping himself with multi-millions, power and fame.
From The Cost by Phillips, David Graham
