deluge
noun
a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
was deluging
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past progressiveof deluge.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 was deluging; it was beautiful; but it was agonizing.
From Lo, Michael! by Grace Livingston Hill
From this vantage-point he was deluging with salt water the roof of the smaller shed and also the walls of the bungalow wherever a fire-seed lodged, ready to take root.
From A Scout of To-day by Isabel Hornibrook
We did not wish to enlarge the area of the conflict that was deluging Europe in blood.
From The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days Scenes In The Great War by Sir Hall Caine
A dark, cold winter's storm was deluging the ground with rain, as Napoleon roused his troops from the drenched sods upon which they were slumbering.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
Just as the sun was deluging the broad Danube with glory before relinquishing the current to the twilight's shades I came, in the soft April evening, into the neighborhood of Drenkova.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various
