don
noun
Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
were donning
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past progressiveof don.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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But it seemed that some of these inflatable wearers were donning their costumes as much for themselves as they were for the onlookers.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2025
Police outside the DNC building were donning riot gear.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
As Portland girded Saturday for dueling far-right and anti-fascist rallies that some worry could turn violent, protesters of a different stripe were donning “poop emoji” costumes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2019
Soon activists were donning wetsuits and gas masks “and waving a six-foot inflatable turd underneath politicians’, councillors’ and local water authority apparatchiks’ faces whenever possible,” said Wade, surfer, lawyer, author, and SAS trustee.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2018
I asked, jerking my head to where Corban and Blake were donning scuba gear.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
