sheathe
verb (used with object)
to put (a sword, dagger, etc.) into a sheath.
was sheathing
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past progressiveof sheathe.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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Lanko was sheathing the weapon, his whole bearing expressing unwilling relinquishment.
From The Players by Steve Solomon
“I am confounded at having left Mademoiselle behind.—Comment!”—as the sound betrayed that Charles was sheathing his sword.
From A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Geoffrey was sheathing his sword and looking at Hubert, whose dress bulged out no longer, but fitted him as usual.
From The Dragon of Wantley His Tale by John Stewardson
"Surrender!" shouted the unmanly Munchausen, noticing that Villiam was sheathing his blade, and bearing gracefully down upon him in an elaborate equestrian polka.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
The sleet was sheathing their bodies in crystal shrouds now.
From The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis by Thomas Dixon
