delineate
verb (used with object)
to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially.
was delineating
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past progressiveof delineate.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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Edith Wharton, whose 150th birthday on Tuesday will be celebrated around New York — she was born on West 23rd Street — knew exactly what she was delineating.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2012
Every glance afforded colouring for the picture she was delineating on her heart; and once, when the window was half open, the sound of his voice reached her.
From Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
