was glooming
- past progressive of gloom.
Example Sentences
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As the pair walked slowly towards the homestead the dusk was glooming down.
From A Vendetta of the Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
Then the doctor was glooming and nodding, and waking up and saying a word or two, and relapsing again into semi-unconsciousness.
From The Maid of Maiden Lane by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
She was in the sordid little living-room of the Kingsbridge cottage, and outside the day was glooming into twilight!
From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore
The sky to the north was glooming ominously.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
When the dungeon of the forest was glooming to night they saw the gleam of a fire.
From Witch-Doctors by Beadle, Charles
