was mutilating
- past progressive of mutilate.
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Young Graham wore his most businesslike tone to say this, and his eyes were on the paper-knife wherewith he was mutilating his nice clean blotter pad on the desk.
From The Enchanted Barn by Hill, Grace Livingston
