breast
noun
(in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
were breasting
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past progressiveof breast.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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No sunlight penetrated there to show their danger to the soldiers who were breasting the slope.
From The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
She laughed frequently while they were breasting the breakers; and afterwards, as in their street attire they were returning on the boardwalk, she chatted brightly with him, revealing a certain cleverness in off-hand persiflage.
From Tales from Bohemia by Robert Neilson Stephens
They had passed a long stretch of flat grass-land, and were breasting an incline.
From The Forfeit by Ridgwell Cullum
I had ridden with General Davenant, as his brigade swept forward, and we were breasting a heavy fire on his front, when a sudden cry of "Cavalry! look out!" came from our left.
From Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee by John Esten Cooke
The shipping was huddled in the piers with fleecy rigging, and only a few brave vessels were breasting the river, bluer still than the sky.
From A Little Girl in Old New York by Amanda Minnie Douglas
