were exfoliating
- past progressive of exfoliate.
Example Sentences
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He had shown her where even the great corner-stones were exfoliating; with his finger-tip he could flake off the loosened bits, but regretfully, and only as an object-lesson.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth
