elongate
verb (used with object)
to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend.
was elongating
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past progressiveof elongate.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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His butter-ball body was elongating, and his huge feet and legs were beginning to shape up.
From Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
I almost thought that one of Bill's remarkable ears was elongating itself until it coiled sinuously towards the wall, but this, no doubt, was illusion.
From The City in the Clouds by C. Ranger Gull
