inter
verb (used with object)
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
was interring
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past progressiveof inter.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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Outside in the garden a little girl in a worn and faded frock was playing funeral: she was interring her canary, which she had found dead in its cage.
From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip
