silt
noun
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
was silting
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past progressiveof silt.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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Nell was silting before the dressing-table in her nightgown, holding the new fur coat and rubbing her cheek against it, when I saw a sudden gleam of tears in her eyes.
From A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays by Willa Sibert Cather
And the trader was silting alone in the shop, perched on the counter, slapping his lean calf with a yardstick, while the rain pattered on the roof and the wind went screaming past.
From Every Man for Himself by Norman Duncan
The rumour was spread abroad, as it has been more than once since, that the Hooghly was silting up and Calcutta as a port was doomed.
From Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century by Montague Massey
