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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He stared, maybe wondering why my lips were curving into an involuntary smile.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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
The corners of her mouth were curving upwards.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford
They were curving up a gravel way, and through the lacy foliage of spring lights gleamed, and there came the remoter strains of syncopated music.
From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Fannie Hurst
Already he had crept half through the opening, whence he observed how the beams were curving above his head, how they were bursting and charring.
From The Day of Wrath by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
