adorn
verb (used with object)
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments.
were adorning
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past progressiveof adorn.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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Little scarlet flags, with the name of each parish in white, were placed to direct the parties of guests to their places, and Harry, Macrae, and the little groom were adorning the beams with festoons.
From The Two Sides of the Shield by Charlotte Mary Yonge
As they passed out, the oysterman turned his back, pretending to be very much occupied in the arrangement of the lemons that were adorning his stand.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
People were adorning the altars, and especially the high altar, with flower garlands, and a sacristan gave directions for a great quantity of fresh roses, as the Abbess had particularly desired that they should predominate.
From The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
This made five all together that were adorning my person.
From The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London
In the meantime two bridesmaids were adorning the bride in her room.
