eddy
noun
a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion.
were eddying
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past progressiveof eddy.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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Not a fish was to be seen, but small spirals of sand were eddying up from the bottom, where it shelved steeply from the shore.
From The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy
The waves were eddying like a whirlpool around the submerged vessel, and numbers of enormous airbubbles were rising to the surface of the water.
From The Survivors of the Chancellor by Jules Verne
"All goes well, then," concluded Leborge, rising and shivering in the damp air, for the clouds were eddying through the ruined windows in raw and gusty blasts.
From Plotting in Pirate Seas by C. A. (Charles A.) Federer
The waves were eddying like a whirlpool around the submerged vessel, and numbers of enormous air-bubbles were rising to the surface of the water.
From The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger by Jules Verne
Little sticks and leaves were eddying round in the pool above.
From Queer Stories for Boys and Girls by Edward Eggleston
