transfigure
verb (used with object)
to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
was transfiguring
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past progressiveof transfigure.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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Maarda took the basket, with an expression on her face that was transfiguring.
From The Moccasin Maker by Charles Mair
But the smile with which she held out her hand was transfiguring.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Before their eyes war was transfiguring him, and his soldiers called him "Old Jack" and made no reservation.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
