were breakfasting
- past progressive of breakfast.
Example Sentences
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While the lads were breakfasting, Mackintosh and Haggis busied themselves with striking the tent and packing the rest of the camp outfit upon the single pack-horse that accompanied the naturalist's wanderings.
From The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West by Saxby, C. F. Argyll
The school had already re-opened, and one of the boys passed by the window while they were breakfasting.
From Eric, or Little by Little by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)
Then Jack went to the Queen's Head, and played his fiddle as he often did, while the guests were breakfasting.
From The Strange Story Book by Lang, Mrs. Andrew
Millière was brought in when we were breakfasting with the general at the restaurant De Tournon, near the Luxembourg.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
Many groups were breakfasting there at the long tables; most of them English, as might be heard by their snatches of quiet conversation.
From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
