sally
noun
a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
was sallying
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past progressiveof sally.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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The next morning, when, firm to my purpose, I was sallying forth, my mother, with a face of tender expostulation and alarm, stopped me, and entreated me to listen to her.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Maria Edgeworth
As he was sallying out, a mounted officer dashed by at a headlong gallop; his horse was flecked with foam, and it was evident that he had ridden far and fast, on an important errand.
From With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Back in America, he was sallying into the search for amusement with the same consistent absorption.
From The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald
Sure enough, Mr Pamphlett, as the cannonade shook the plate-glass windows of his bank, had started up in some alarm, and was sallying forth to seek reassurance.
From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
With this, and the five pounds eighteen shillings which remain in my purse, I was sallying out to clear standing-room, and win the right to live from my fellow-men.
From The Stark Munro Letters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
