connive
verb (used without object)
to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed bywith ).
were conniving
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past progressiveof connive.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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All over my native land, men of hitherto unblemished integrity were conniving with me in urging their friends to go and hear Mrs. Amyot lecture on the reconciliation of science and religion!
From The Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton
If I had accepted Cecilia’s hand, and treated her as a friend, I should have felt as though I were conniving at an insult to my father.
From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Emily Sarah Holt
We were conniving at an almost unlawful expedition, and Jan was very doubtful if we could cross the Montenegrin frontier.
From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Cora Gordon
I heard they were conniving to do business in this district, but I haven't insulted you by paying any attention to rumors.
From The Ramrodders A Novel by Holman Day
Yet they all probably felt the same curiosity about what was going forward, for it was plain that Mr. Wilmington and Colonel Marvin were conniving at the same point.
From Annie Kilburn : a Novel by William Dean Howells
