crucify
verb (used with object)
to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
was crucifying
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past progressiveof crucify.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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If only she knew how she was crucifying him!
From Man on the Box by Harold MacGrath
But he recognised the fact that it was crucifying him, and that it would continue to crucify him.
From The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope
He was in some respects the brilliant Bryan of the period but with the difference that he was crucifying himself and not his cause upon the Cross of Peace.
From The War After the War by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
And thus it was that while other men were crucifying their Prince afresh, Mr. Desires-awake was crucifying himself with and after his Prince.
From Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) by Alexander Whyte
