drizzle
verb (used without object)
to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle.
were drizzling
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past progressiveof drizzle.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 following day there were drizzling showers, and two boobies flew on board the Santa Maria, birds which seldom wander more than twenty leagues from land.
From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by William Henry Giles Kingston
