furl
verb (used with object)
to gather into a compact roll and bind securely, as a sail against a spar or a flag against its staff.
was furling
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past progressiveof furl.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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Asenath started from her pleasant dreaming just as the oriflamme was furling into gray, suddenly conscious that she was not alone.
From Men, Women, and Ghosts by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
She had taken the fan from him, and was furling and unfurling it.
From The Literary Sense by E. (Edith) Nesbit
The mist was furling on the hills like sails, the rain had ceased, and out at sea the eye covered a mile or two of wild water.
From Huntingtower by John Buchan
The Ayacucho got to the anchoring ground about half an hour before us, and was furling her sails when we came up to it.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
"Where did you get that poem?" asked Pete, who was furling the sail.
From The Voyage of the Hoppergrass by Edmund Lester Pearson
