were foreshortening

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of foreshorten.
  foreshorten

  verb (used with object)

  to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.

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were foreshortening

Pedestals were all very well at a proper distance, but at a close view they were foreshortening to the human figure.

From The Helpmate by May Sinclair

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