were attenuating
- past progressive of attenuate.
Example Sentences
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All these were "attenuating circumstances," and as such she accepted them; and the measure of her submission was filled up when she received a portrait of the little girl, painted by a native artist.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
But there were attenuating circumstances for their conduct.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
