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
They were draping and beautifying and painting our hotel too.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin
Busy workmen were draping the edifice with some variety of aromatic evergreen and with palm leaves, and it still remains as a suggestion to new comers of what they missed in not arriving earlier.
From E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life by Mary A. Roe
Shadows were creeping under the quaint old archways; shadows were draping the ancient walls.
From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Sax Rohmer
There were tall buildings, but their walls were draping, catenary curves.
From Long Ago, Far Away by Murray Leinster
