wend
verb (used with object)
to pursue or direct (one's way).
was wending
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past progressiveof wend.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 case was wending its way through court when the family decided it was time for a vacation.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2014
For several nerve-racking days my nest egg, my children’s future college tuition — every penny I had — resided in a cashier’s check that was wending its way through the United States Postal Service.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2014
She was wending through a cluster of stiff reeds when she disturbed its rest.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Jon caught up to Mormont as he was wending his way around a hawthorn thicket.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
In the crudely-bright, small, motley-painted house towards which he was wending, his wife awaited him; and he would find his children.
From Dr. Adriaan by Louis Couperus
