was inditing
- past progressive of indite.
Example Sentences
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While I was inditing the goodly matter which my readers have just perused, I might be said to go through a course of breaking-in to stand criticism, like a shooting-pony to stand fire.
From The Surgeon's Daughter by Scott, Walter, Sir
This moment I was thinking of you, my dear," he said; "I was inditing a long letter to you in my head, which these lazy old fingers of mine would have refused to write.
From Cobwebs and Cables by Stretton, Hesba
But my conscience smote me for having uttered a truth, even to aid a friend, and hastening back to Athens, I arrived behind the philosopher’s chair as he was inditing the ‘αυλός.’
From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various
Besides, he was half-way through with an ode he was inditing to Republican simplicity.
From An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Allen, Grant
R. L. S. Eructavit cor meum My heart was inditing a goodly matter about Adela Chart.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
