were amounting
- past progressive of amount.
Example Sentences
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Desnoyers knew very well what these nocturnal gusts of genius were amounting to—scandals in the restaurants of Montmartre, and scrimmages, many scrimmages.
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster