distill
verb (used with object)
to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
were distilling
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past progressiveof distill.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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In Mr. Ferris’s physical science class we were distilling aspirins, very large aspirins, which by the time the last bell rang Mr. Ferris said he needed.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
"And all the while you were distilling this?"
From The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
In my absence Craig had set to work on a peculiar apparatus, as though he were distilling something from several of the cigarette stubs which he had been studying by means of the interferometer.
From Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
Drops of dew were distilling from the niches of the little chamber, which once contained his urn, and heaps of withered leaves had gathered on the pavement.
From Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by William Beckford
They laughed without rhyme and without reason, and as if their hearts were distilling joy.
From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Fannie Hurst
