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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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
It was deluging; it was beautiful; but it was agonizing.
From Lo, Michael! by Grace Livingston Hill
As they sat in the carriage, she finishing the pulling on of her gloves, he stared out into the heavy rain that was deluging the earth and bending low the boughs.
From The Conflict by David Graham Phillips
Meanwhile the country had steadily prospered, undisturbed in its forest isolation by the great European war, which was deluging with blood a hundred battle fields and desolating thousands of homes.
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson
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
