lisp
was lisping
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past progressiveof lisp.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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With a calm and deliberate manner therefore, in my feigned voice, one of the characteristics of which was lisping, I asked, "Pray, gentlemen, what may be your pleasure with me?"
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by William Godwin
Men's hearts were glad with a wholesome gladness; and every child in the land was lisping the names of Wallace and of Bruce and learning the story of their deeds.
From A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland by Mary Platt Parmele
But the baby was lisping something in German.
From Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage by Raymond Moreau Crosby
There was a light of something extraordinary in them, even while her tongue was lisping the emptiest of inanities.
From Fathers and Children by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
To complete the air of sadness and desolation, the faded leaf of a dried-up geranium was lisping against the window-pane.
From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie
