freshen
verb (used with object)
to make fresh; refresh, revive, or renew.
was freshening
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past progressiveof freshen.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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Last week, the Burma-Vita Co. was freshening up its fun for motorists.
From Time Magazine Archive
He grovelled at her feet, and spent half the day pasting gold spangles on one of her old costumes which Manuela was freshening up.
From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Ossip Schubin
I had already stayed somewhat late over my explorations; the current was freshening with the change of the tide, and Sandag Bay was no longer a safe place for a single swimmer.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Robert Louis Stevenson
Life was crowding death even here, and the pine was freshening its foliage, as certain of spring time as the alder just shaking out its tassels by the river bank.
From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by William Chauncey Bartlett
It was evident that the breeze was freshening fast; but, as it was still free, the ship was making rapid way through the water.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
