was dispelling
- past progressive of dispel.
Example Sentences
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As early as 1646, John Greaves’s “Pyramidographia, or, a Description of the Pyramids in Egypt,” was dispelling myths about those mystifying structures.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2013
But what seemed uppermost in her mind was dispelling rumors that Sukarno had lost control at home and was about to go into exile in Japan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Watching her, Andrea felt, that by all this playful commotion, she was dispelling from her mother all that his verses had possibly instilled into her mind.
From The Child of Pleasure by Harding, Georgina
Stooping down they crawled past, and then closer until they could begin to glimpse the interior of the room where the light was dispelling the darkness.
From Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes by Newcomb, Ambrose
I had told Miriam a stormy night was to be the signal for our attempt; and now the rising moon was dispelling any vague haziness that might have helped to conceal us.
From Lords of the North by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
