was massing
- past progressive of mass.
Example Sentences
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A fire had ignited high in the hills of Pacific Palisades, and smoke was massing over the bone-dry ridgeline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
US intelligence spotted that the mercenary group leader was massing weapons, ammunition and other equipment near the border with Russia, CNN reported.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2023
When I first met him, with Rice, was when Turkey was massing its forces in Northern Iraq to invade Iraqi Kurdistan.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 19, 2019
The rebels and political opposition said the government side was massing forces to launch a ground attack in the area.
From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2016
While this talk was in progress the great impi of the Matabele was massing for the march, on the flat ground a little to the right of them.
From Benita, an African romance by Haggard, Henry Rider
