black
adjective
being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
were blacking
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past progressiveof black.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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“Whether you claim you were blacking out or not, you were using periods and sentences,” attorney Mark Baute said.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 7, 2016
"Whether you claim you were blacking out or not, you were using periods and sentences," attorney Mark Baute said.
From US News ● Oct. 7, 2016
Some of his comrades, who had been on duty all night, were sleeping in their beds, other beds were empty, and their owners were blacking their boots and polishing their buttons.
From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Henry Festing Jones
The two most obvious, and, on the whole, most profitable trades, were blacking boots and selling newspapers.
From Paul the Peddler, or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant by Horatio Alger
In the cow-shed the boys were blacking their faces for a dress-rehearsal; the turkey hung dead, with opened, speckled wings, in the dairy.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
