duel
noun
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
was duelling
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past progressiveof duel.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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He was duelling with a warrior who wore the head of a bull and looked like the Minotaur.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019
It must also be noticed that Christianity was part and parcel of the articles of war; and so was duelling.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith
Oh, don’t I wish there was duelling still!”
From The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War by W. Boucher
Not until that generation had well-nigh passed away was duelling virtually extinguished by the condemnation of society.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole
