were disporting
- past progressive of disport.
Example Sentences
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A drift log with sedate water-fowl seated upon it, would now and then come along, and schools of porpoises were disporting themselves, now in the blue, now in the muddy waters.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
Now, the sad tidings of Marinell's overthrow reached Cymoent as she and her sister-nymphs were disporting themselves by a pond gathering daffodils to make garlands wherewith to shade their foreheads from the sun.
From Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene by Spencer, Edmund
In its brightness a number of rabbits were disporting themselves, jumping about as if in some queer dance, pausing occasionally to stare into the center of that fascinating glow.
From Followers of the Trail by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
They had been steamed, and were disporting themselves to their heart’s content when the thing befell the tailor.
From Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
The lad had waded in up to his neck, and was now slowly—almost imperceptibly—approaching a group of ducks that were disporting themselves gaily in the water.
From Silver Lake by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
