banquet
noun
a lavish meal; feast.
were banqueting
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past progressiveof banquet.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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In the course of his wanderings he was drawn by the sound of sweet music into a large hall where a number of little people were banqueting.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney
The Jews illustrated their idea of the Kingdom of God by the symbol of a table at which Abraham and Isaac and Jacob were banqueting, and would be joined by all their faithful countrymen.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
The point itself was ornamented with wild flowers of every hue, in which innumerable humming-birds were "banqueting nearly the livelong day."
From Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington
There, under the shade of the decorated pavilion, the great men of the province were banqueting.
From Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' by Rizal, José
My friend, for some mysterious reason, was left untouched, but the regiments that should have quartered on him joined those that were banqueting on my too unsolid flesh.
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
