were branching
- past progressive of branch.
Example Sentences
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It is time you were branching out some for yourself, anyway, son.
From Steve and the Steam Engine by Scott, A. O. (Arthur O.)
The boy and the old man were for turning back before they lost themselves,—for at every turn there were branching ways.
From Unexplored! by Chaffee, Allen
On every side were branching clusters of ice in the form of club-mosses, with here and there varicose veins of clear ice, and pinnacles of the prismatic structure, with limpid crockets and finials.
From Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland by Browne, G. F. (George Forrest)
Here were branching passages, great cavelike rooms—a world within a world, in all truth.
From Two Thousand Miles Below by Diffin, Charles Willard
Its new antlers were branching towards their yearly strength, and the triple-pointed crowns rose proudly from the beam that was their last perfection.
From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Farjeon, Eleanor
