was despoiling
- past progressive of despoil.
Example Sentences
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Frazier was also highly infuriated that the ostentation of the Ohtas' $250,000 hilltop house was despoiling nature.
From Time Magazine Archive
None dreamed that this keeper of a little flock, lord over a little tent and tiller of a few acres, was the great Syrian merchant who was despoiling Mizraim.
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth
Within a short time, word came from Granville’s father that “Old Reelfoot” was despoiling his orchard.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace
With a steam-loader and three camps of a hundred men each, it was despoiling the Tennessee forest.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace
He stole a glance at her; at the loving light that shone in her bright blue eyes; at the soft glow, red as the carnation she was despoiling, on her conscious cheek.
From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
