slaver
noun
a person who buys, sells, or owns human beings; an enslaver.
was slavering
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past progressiveof slaver.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 slavering in the porch Like a mad dog.'
From Rewards and Fairies by Kipling, Rudyard
And the beast, flattening to the floor, crawled backwards, inch by inch; it was slavering, and there was a ravening madness in its eyes.
From The Night Horseman by Brand, Max
He was slavering in the porch like a mad dog.’
From Rewards and Fairies by Kipling, Rudyard
The man was slavering; there were flecks of foam upon his lips....
From The Sea Bride by Williams, Ben Ames
His open mouth was slavering, And a green light Turned disc-like in his eyeballs, Like a dog's at night.
From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee
