were coagulating
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past progressiveof coagulate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
coagulateverb (used with or without object)to change from a fluid into a thickened mass; curdle; congeal.
Example Sentences
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We saw the important village of Manicoré to-day, and Oncas, a little place within a portico of the woods which was veiled in grey smoke, for they were coagulating rubber there.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson