wed
verb (used with object)
to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
was wedding
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past progressiveof wed.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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Vilkomerson’s specialty was wedding R.S.V.P.s, while Sicha handled intra-family disputes.
From The New Yorker β May 1, 2015
Cris looked on delightedly, proud of his comrade and protégé, with the beautiful bride he had won and was wedding.
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Mayne Reid
But within short space came tidings, how that Charlotte was wedding a young burgess of Orleans, with whom, as I hear, she dwelt happily, and still, for all I know, dwells in peace.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
"Not as if you was wedding Phoebe, who's only a miller's girl?" he asked.
From Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
To hear Dick Woodville chaffer about the blazoning of his horse-gear when he was wedding the fourscore-year-old Duchess of Norfolk, one would have thought he was an emperor at the very least.'
From The Herd Boy and His Hermit by Charlotte Mary Yonge
