were appraising
- past progressive of appraise.
Example Sentences
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The subject is their father, sporting a pencil-thin mustache, his eyebrows cocked, as if he were appraising the carnitas coming out of the kitchen.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2020
The directors were appraising all the availables in Europe when they came upon a Russian exiled in Paris.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once he looked up at the gallery, and his scrutinising and defiant brown eyes remained for a long time upon Katharine's face, as if he too were appraising her beauty.
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox
When he looked up, Hovan's green eyes were appraising him.
From Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel by Wilson, Ann
And she looked at the parson over her glasses as if she were appraising him in a new character.
From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.
