rift
noun
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
was rifting
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past progressiveof rift.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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When she vanished, I—uplifting Eyes to where the dawn was rifting Darkness,—lo! beheld a shadow Towering on Earth's utmost peaks; 'Round whom morning's eldorado Rivered gold in blinding streaks.
From Weeds by the Wall Verses by Madison Julius Cawein
