curve
noun
a continuously bending line, without angles.
were curving
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past progressiveof curve.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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It took them the better part of an hour because the roads were curving two-lanes and they spent twenty minutes behind a light truck they couldn’t pull around.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
He stared, maybe wondering why my lips were curving into an involuntary smile.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
Two planes were curving up into the dawn together from the field outside, their motors thunderous as they roared over the building.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Harry Bates
His lips were curving into something very like a smile of amusement, and it nettled her.
From Under Fire by C. B. Cox
Surely the set lips under the heavy moustache were curving into an unwilling smile.
From The Daughter Pays by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
