bead
noun
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
were beading
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past progressiveof bead.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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By the time she did grasp it, her knees were beading weakly beneath the weight of her body.
From Lonesome Land by Bower, B. M.
She would not yet yield to the dreadful truth, yet even now terror was clutching at her throat, strangling her; and the cold drops were beading her brow.
From The Sky Line of Spruce by Marshall, Edison
