slumber
verb (used without object)
to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
was slumbering
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past progressiveof slumber.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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Raynier did so, and in another moment was slumbering hard and peacefully.
From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Bertram Mitford
I could not be sure at first, so motionless had she been lying, but when I put my ear close to her mouth, the regularity of her respiration convinced me that she was slumbering.
From A Marriage at Sea by W. Clark (William Clark) Russell
Gerald was slumbering in the glass-room, his deep breathing betraying the cause.
From Sons and Fathers by Harry Stillwell Edwards
The unlicked cub aforesaid was slumbering peacefully in his corner, his long legs straight across the compartment, for we were three on that side, and there was no room to put them on the seat.
From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford
Down beneath them the rolling country was slumbering in the misty moonlight, only the river meandered through it all and sparkled like a thread of silver.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Gordon Stables
