was inscribing
- past progressive of inscribe.
Example Sentences
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Min was inscribing lotus blossoms and peonies between the ribbed lines of one of the melon vases.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
At that particular moment he was inscribing an anecdote which he had just heard some one telling in his mother's drawing room.
From With Those Who Wait by Huard, Frances Wilson
When he entered the hermit's cell he found the old man sitting at an oaken table with a roll of parchment before him, upon which he was inscribing some holy legend.
From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert
