descry
verb (used with object)
was descrying
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past progressiveof descry.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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His attention was finally caught and held by the flight of one of those enormous vultures of the Andes, which was descrying a circle in the air directly over the valley at his feet.
From Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America by Roy Rockwood
