flank
noun
the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
was flanking
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past progressiveof flank.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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My own pony had penetrated deep into the herd, and with a sagacity that a long experience alone could develop, was laying his course straight for an enormous bull that was flanking the herd.
From Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography by Clark Johnson M.D.
Where I was I did not know, but I felt sure that I was flanking the rebels who had stopped the black horse.
From Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson
There was now but one opinion among the men, who were almost hilarious,--Lee's army was flanking Meade, that is, Ewell and Hill, for Longstreet had been sent to Georgia with his corps.
From Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson
After it had lasted about ten or twelve minutes, an intelligent horse-holder came up from the rear, breathless, and announced that the enemy was flanking us, and that he had been largely reinforced.
From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Basil Wilson Duke
