mantle
noun
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
was mantling
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past progressiveof mantle.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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He was angry and flustered, and a dull resentment was mantling his heavy face.
From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne
All the fighting blood of the great Livian house, of the consulars and triumphators, was mantling in Drusus's veins, and he threw himself into the struggle with the deliberate courage of an experienced warrior.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis
"Well said, my boy," said my father, heartily, while every face wore a broad smile but one, which was mantling with blushes.
From Jacques Bonneval by Anne Manning
An exclamation of 'How beautiful!' broke from me at once; and as I turned towards Louisa, I perceived that her eyes sparkled with pleasure, and a half blush was mantling her cheek.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
“Susan,” said Haco, earnestly looking at his daughter’s downcast face, on which the tell tale blood was mantling.
From Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
