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were exuding
  • past progressive of exude.

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In Washington, State Department officials were exuding confidence that the situation was stacked heavily in the Administration's favor.

From Time Magazine Archive

The meadows and the orchards were exuding perfumes; the hedge-rows were so many yards of roses and wild grape-vines in blossom.

From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman

David and Mrs. Long and the two lads and all the little Longs were exuding mystery, but particularly the two lads.

From The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell by Wallace, Dillon

Little drops of perspiration were exuding upon the deputy’s broad, bald brow.

From Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton by Emerson, Alice B.

Andi Thivo, one of the Rewa queens, noticed that tears were exuding from one of the roots of taro set before her.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil