was extinguishing
- past progressive of extinguish.
Example Sentences
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In mid-March, as COVID-19 was extinguishing public life in cities across the world, the scooter company announced that it would pull its signature electric two-wheelers from some areas.
From The Verge ● Apr. 23, 2020
But while he supposed he was extinguishing the living forces and arresting the advancing power of mind in his empire, a new world was maturing beneath the smooth hard surface he had created.
From A Short History of Russia by Parmele, Mary Platt
A white robed server was extinguishing the last candle on the altar; only the one red light perpetually vigilant before the sanctuary, made more visible the deep shadows everywhere.
From The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons by Symons, Arthur
Percy was extinguishing the flames, which had caught his dress, and John Grant was similarly occupied.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
A hissing sound soon after showed us that the water, rushing in, was extinguishing the fire burning nearest the ground, though the upper part of the pile of brushwood still crackled and smoked as before.
From In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting by Davis, John Steeple
