were dismounting
- past progressive of dismount.
Example Sentences
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By then the others were dismounting as well, and grooms were coming forward for their mounts.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
All around him other people were dismounting from brooms and, in two cases, skeletal, black winged horses.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
The other gold cloaks were dismounting to stand beside their horses.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
The riders were dismounting by the time he pushed Red Jeyne off and struggled to his knees.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The gim-crack carpet-seated thing had collapsed as the boys were dismounting the curb-stone with it.
From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
