gloom
noun
total or partial darkness; dimness.
was glooming
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past progressiveof gloom.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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The twilight was glooming to dusk when Silas Crafts came out of the church and locked the door behind him.
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
But the butler was glooming sullenly at the fiery head that topped the bundle of black.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
His back was turned upon it, and he was glooming out across the bare hills, with his square jaw set as if the ignoring effort were painful.
From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde
As the pair walked slowly towards the homestead the dusk was glooming down.
From A Vendetta of the Desert by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
When the dungeon of the forest was glooming to night they saw the gleam of a fire.
From Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle
