disembark
verb (used without object)
to go ashore from a ship.
was disembarking
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past progressiveof disembark.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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The group was disembarking from one of three flights scheduled for the day.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
In short order, Mills was disembarking on a tarmac under a shimmering L.A. sun.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2021
The party was disembarking from a boat at the riverside town of Shibganj, heading towards the bride's house, when they were caught in a thunderstorm.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2021
By the time she returned from Liverpool, he was disembarking at Cherbourg and the dullest winter of his life lay before him.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
The naval vessels, on the 24th of January, lay off the mouth of the Yazoo, and from there to the neck of land opposite Vicksburg, where the army under Grant's orders was disembarking.
From The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
