wreathe
verb (used with object)
to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
was wreathing
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past progressiveof wreathe.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 flower nodded, too, as if moved by the breeze that was wreathing the smoke over all the roofs.
From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Eleanor Gates
The May morning was wreathing itself with opening flowers to meet the first hour of sunlight when Susannah was startled by hearing that the prophet inquired for her.
From The Mormon Prophet by Lily Dougall
"You are cruel to remind me of it," said Amy, taking some fresh flowers off the table she was wreathing into a cross for Bertie; her last sad, mournful, but loving work.
From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Mrs. Henry Wood
Fame was wreathing brighter garlands, a more worthy chaplet, for his brow.
From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by William Henry Seward
Even Brother Sibyla deigned to address this queen, in whose splendid hair Doña Victorina was wreathing a diadem of pearls and brilliants.
From An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal
