were arraying
- past progressive of array.
Example Sentences
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The agency and the committee were arraying for battle.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2016
He tried to look away from the books, to the guards that were arraying themselves around the pyre.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
The attendants were arraying the five remaining champions at the foot of a little rise in the sand, near the judges’ pulpit.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
This was the chamber of Josephine; that young lady and her mother were arraying themselves for a grand fancy and masquerade ball to be given that night, at the princely mansion of a millionaire.
From City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston by Thompson, George
Months passed, and, although the forces of war were arraying themselves behind the thin veil of compromise and negotiation, the public mind only languidly convinced itself that actual war would come.
From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)
