prophesy
verb (used with object)
to foretell or predict.
was prophesying
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past progressiveof prophesy.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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He was prophesying by proxy, as the original prophet was Kevin Kelly, one of the founding editors of Wired magazine.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was growing richer every year, and––Thorpe was prophesying the slump, the end.
From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Ridgwell Cullum
"We'll beat them by about a dozen points, I guess," Joel was prophesying.
From The Half-Back by Ralph Henry Barbour
While Savonarola was prophesying a sword, a scourge, a deluge, Charles VIII. rode at the head of his knighthood into Florence.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds
Just as every one was prophesying the numbing of hostilities until spring, the rumor spread of Foch’s final drive.
From Leerie by Ruth Sawyer
