devil
were deviling
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past progressiveof devil.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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To-day both officers and men were in the gun pits and I with them, while they were deviling with Fritzy.
From The War Romance of the Salvation Army by Grace Livingston Hill