denote
verb (used with object)
to be a mark or sign of; indicate.
were denoting
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past progressiveof denote.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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Here we took the cars for Wilmington, in North Carolina, and shabby vehicles they were, denoting our arrival in a milder climate, by being extremely uncomfortable for cold weather.
From Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America by William Cullen Bryant
