illumine
verb (used with or without object)
to illuminate.
was illumining
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past progressiveof illumine.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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From its ecstatic joy and purity it seemed that the light of heaven, instead of her burning home, was illumining it.
From Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe
Soon the warning red glare of the torch, held high above his head, was illumining the rocks and breakers.
From Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good by Albert Walter Tolman
The place was dark except for a slant of moonlight which had struggled through the window-pane and was illumining the motor where it rested in its customary place under the sash.
From The Fortunes of Oliver Horn by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The stars were shining in their ethereal brightness; the dipper was wheeling around the polar star; the great white river, the milky way, was illumining the arch of heaven.
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Charles Carleton Coffin
