decorate
verb (used with object)
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish.
was decorating
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past progressiveof decorate.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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“Before, I was decorating people, and now I get to decorate their homes! Our homes reflect our individuality, our spirit and our style.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Months later, as the couple was decorating a tiny Christmas tree in early December, he handed her the final ornament: a pouch with a ring inside.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2022
The fictional novel tells the story of how Dillon was decorating his Christmas tree when it exploded, magically transporting him back to the year 1621.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2022
As her hoops addiction grew, she was decorating the covers of her diaries with content snipped out of Slam magazine.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2021
Blumenfeldt was decorating the church, Samson Rawdy was furbishing up all his vehicles and had hired supplementary ones from New Sanderson.
From The Debtor A Novel by William Dodge Stevens
