was desolating
- past progressive of desolate.
Example Sentences
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But now I began to be ceaselessly companioned by uneasiness, by a furtive cowardice that was desolating.
From Bye-Ways by Hichens, Robert Smythe
It was desolating, as well as distracting beyond description.
From From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry by Haslam, William
While the great plague was desolating the metropolis, he had escaped from his residence in the Artillery Walk, and sought security from the contagion by a temporary sojourn in Buckinghamshire.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various
For Sylvia the idea of Miss Lee’s departure and marriage was desolating; it was an abrupt rending of half the ties that bound her to Hornton House.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton
To leave the house of his own will was bad enough; to be kicked out by his host, and to be followed by his curse was desolating.
From The Tyranny of the Dark by Garland, Hamlin
