mire
noun
was miring
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past progressiveof mire.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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In the end, the agency doomed the visit by ruling that it was miring the Emperor in unseemly controversy.
From Time Magazine Archive
He felt that he was miring himself hopelessly, that his denials and his efforts at secrecy could cause only one idea to form in her brain.
From The White Desert by Anton Otto Fischer
