attire
verb (used with object)
to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
were attiring
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past progressiveof attire.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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There is a circle, I suppose, who look up to him as an oracle, and so he inevitably assumes the oracular manner, and speaks as if truth and wisdom were attiring themselves by his voice.
From Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Arthur Jerome Eddy
They were brought before the good knight, who, whilst they were attiring themselves, had caused the ducats to be placed in three lots, two of a thousand each, and the other of five hundred.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Robert Black
From the open doors of his chums’ rooms he could see that they, too, were attiring themselves with little regard for how they looked.
From Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise by Allen Chapman
In glancing over the morning paper, while you and Rose were attiring yourselves for the drive, I saw among the items of news that Donald Keith is in our city.
From Grandmother Elsie by Martha Finley
