was emigrating
- past progressive of emigrate.
Example Sentences
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She’d talked about her move as though she was emigrating, though the drive takes only about an hour and a half.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2019
Lida happened to mention a mutual friend who was emigrating.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2015
It appeared he had planned an abrupt departure - writing to the children's schools to say that the family was emigrating.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2011
I bought her from a tenant on the property who was emigrating to Canada; and, very unjockey-like, I gave him just what he asked.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various
Yet the population was emigrating, and population was restricted.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
