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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The child was slumbering near the blaze: ‘O captain, let him rest Until it sinks, when God’s own ways Shall teach us what is best!’
From The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens
While Sancho was slumbering peacefully, Gines stole his ass; and by daybreak the thief was already far away.
From The Story of Don Quixote by Florence Choate
In these were placed the babies, and if any one became wakeful during the night and cried, she would pull the string and set its hammock swinging, and soon the little one was slumbering again.
From The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith by W.P. Livingstone
Harriet, after making sure that Grace was slumbering, once more permitted herself to doze off.
From The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike by Janet Aldridge
Six-year-old Ted was slumbering quite peacefully, his usually mischievous expression having given place to a seraphic smile.
From Niece Catherine by Mary Hampden
