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
The breeze was freshening, and the slaver made all sail away from the boat.
From The Three Midshipmen by Victor Prout
Jake had gone hunting and since the gale outside was freshening Jim wondered why he stopped so long.
From Partners of the Out-Trail by Harold Bindloss
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
