deck
was decking
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past progressiveof deck.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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It appeared to him a very short journey to the third story, where he knew she was decking the guest-chamber for the visit of a friend whom they expected that evening.
From The Minister's Charge by William Dean Howells
And so the months had passed, and now the early summer was decking gardens, orchard, and meadow with its sweetest blossoms.
From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by H. B. Paull
The right hand and all the left arm being broken away, the motive of this figure has not been ascertained, but probably the Victory was decking a trophy.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
He was this day to exdomesticate his daughter, and was decking her out for her husband, when a baleful incident occurred, which cleft the feast in twain.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
In the bungalow behind them Peter the Great was decking the table for their wedding-feast.
From The Lamp in the Desert by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
