was pasturing
- past progressive of pasture.
Example Sentences
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Here the infant was found by a herdsman of Polybus, king of Corinth, who was pasturing his flock upon Mount Cithaeron.
From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas
While she spoke, Richard was pasturing his eyes, the two mouths of his soul, on the heavenly meadow of her face; and she for very necessity went on talking, that she might not cry again.
From There & Back by MacDonald, George
The calf was pasturing in one of the glades, while her foster mother was wallowing and splashing down among the lilies.
From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
On another sheltered slope, green with coarse grass, brown Betty was pasturing peacefully; while in a henhouse beyond there was clucking and cackling, cheerfully suggestive of chickens and eggs.
From Killykinick by Waggaman, Mary T. (Mary Theresa)
One day, as I was pasturing the sheep that I had in charge, two lambs went astray.
From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Sue, Eugène
