parley
noun
a discussion or conference.
was parleying
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past progressiveof parley.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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She was close to her mother, who was parleying with a footman; behind them were a maid carrying a bandbox and a porter with the travelling-bags.
From The Island Pharisees by John Galsworthy
It seemed to him that he really ought to quit, and here he was parleying with himself.
From Jennie Gerhardt A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
While he was parleying with the two municipal officers the armed citizens had passed in review before the Assembly.
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
While he was parleying with Menendez, two hundred of his followers marched away, declaring that they would rather take chances with the Indians than with these white men whom they distrusted.
From French Pathfinders in North America by William Henry Johnson
A word from Mynors would have been balm to her; but Mynors, the general of a routed army, was parleying by telephone with the traffic-manager of the railway for the expediting of the special train.
From Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
