was peopling
- past progressive of people.
Example Sentences
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They had many children, but Michabou, who came down now and then, to see how things were going on, observing the slow rate at which the world was peopling, determined to adopt another plan.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by Jones, James Athearn
She was peopling the room with wedding guests; the ham and the chops, the toast and eggs and dishes of fruit, had turned to a great white towered cake with silver leaves.
From Seven Little Australians by Turner, Ethel Sybil
Masaccio, we see, was peopling a visible world; the Spanish chapel painters were merely allegorizing, as agents of holiness.
From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
To-night she was peopling the desert with phantoms.
From The Garden of Allah by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Ah—and I was peopling all Those windows on the south with happy eyes, The terrace under them with happy feet; Girls—" "Sir, I know.
From Last Poems by Thomas, Edward
