crust
noun
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
was crusting
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past progressiveof crust.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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The salt water was crusting my mouth, and every breath felt like a punch as the sunlight hit my eyes.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2017
Fingal's Creek was almost at its usual level and the silt was crusting along its bedraggled borders.
From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter
The tap hole was crusting over with cooling iron, still aglow.
From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Charles Rumford Walker
Wild-eyed with despair she strove to pierce the opaque grey curtain which was crusting her face and hair with rime.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Bertram Mitford
