surmount
verb (used with object)
to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over.
was surmounting
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past progressiveof surmount.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 most difficult part of their journey was surmounting the range, when even Mrs Berrington preferred climbing up on foot to remaining in the dray.
From The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers by William Henry Giles Kingston
The big, up-to-date car which Colonel Menendez had placed at our disposal was surmounting a steep Surrey lane as though no gradient had existed.
From Bat Wing by Sax Rohmer
To gain the assent of most of the States to a convention was surmounting only the least of the difficulties.
From James Madison by Sydney Howard Gay
