were bestowing
- past progressive of bestow.
Example Sentences
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“Go enjoy the weather,” the foreman said, as if he were bestowing the good weather upon us.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 3, 2018
“This is a gay figure, Pip,” said she, making her crutch stick play round me, as if she, the fairy godmother who had changed me, were bestowing the finishing gift.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
My intent is not to honor these passages as if I were bestowing a prize, nor to hold them up as models for you to emulate.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
He turned to Bailey, touched the top of his head with the pointer as if he were bestowing knighthood.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
Her aunt spoke as though she were bestowing a favour, and she felt it indeed to be such.
From White Lilac; or the Queen of the May by Walton, Amy
