drape
verb (used with object)
to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
were draping
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past progressiveof drape.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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The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were draping and parading.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
There were tall buildings, but their walls were draping, catenary curves.
From Long Ago, Far Away by Leinster, Murray
Some were draping chintzes and cretonnes, and others, his neighbour told him were preparing country orders that had come in by post.
From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
They were draping and beautifying and painting our hotel too.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip
The underlings had produced a small table—apparently from up their sleeves, and were draping it in a cloth.
From Piccadilly Jim by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
