Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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But in a way he was feathering his nest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2016
I was feathering the throttle a little bit.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012
He didn’t have a lot of room to land and so he was feathering his engine to keep his speed down.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
When he rose to greatness in Barbie it was whispered that the nephew discovered he was feathering his own nest, and that this was the reason of his sharp dismissal.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
Smith was feathering a nest for himself--feathering it with steel and stone and a possible coil of hempen rope.
From The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin
