was imbibing
- past progressive of imbibe.
Example Sentences
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Whilst a slow nature was imbibing a misfortune little by little, she had swallowed the whole agony of it at a draught and was brightening again.
From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Hardy, Thomas
Monsieur Tudesco, who at the moment was imbibing a glass of kümmel, pointed to his waistcoat of ticking.
From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by France, Anatole
Mehetabel, who saw that he was imbibing more than he could bear without becoming quarrelsome lost her pallor, and a hectic flame kindled in her cheek.
From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
They became alarmed, therefore, when they found that she was imbibing a taste for the life of seclusion and solitude which is led by a nun.
From Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
The rain had ceased, the earth was imbibing the moisture, the clouds were still hanging heavily over the landscape.
From Bertha Garlan by Schnitzler, Arthur
