flank
noun
the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
were flanking
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past progressiveof flank.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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In 1940, just two centuries after Frederick succeeded to the throne of Prussia, superb German armies were flanking the Maginot Line and swiftly conquering France.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We knew some of the buildings in the neighborhood that were flanking the target," the intelligence official continues.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were flanking a car shaped like a big boot and another one that looked like a pouncing cat.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
On the 7th of February General Colley discovered that the Boers were flanking his position.
From Following the Equator, Part 7 by Mark Twain
The walls of either neighbor, unbroken, windowless and blank, were flanking ramparts of its secrecy.
From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Davis Brinton
