bestow
verb (used with object)
were bestowing
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past progressiveof bestow.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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“Go enjoy the weather,” the foreman said, as if he were bestowing the good weather upon us.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 3, 2018
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
“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
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
While those were bestowing their praises upon the peasant girls, in stereotyped phrases of gallantry, some of the stately dames standing around might have found cause to be jealous; and some were so.
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
