festoon
noun
a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
were festooning
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past progressiveof festoon.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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It was a long tent, like the booth of a fair, with supports at each end, and we were festooning it from pole to pole with moss and ferns when somebody rasped at the door.
From Lords of the North by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
Now, as well as he could see dimly through the falling snow, it was all closed up, and men on ladders were festooning every row of windows with black goods.
From For Woman's Love by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
If our aim be to lean up against a tree all day in a short seersucker coat and ditto pantaloons that segregated while we were festooning the hammock, the picnic is the thing.
From Remarks by Nye, Bill
