glow
noun
a light emitted by or as if by a substance heated to luminosity; incandescence.
were glowing
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past progressiveof glow.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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An order of service was handed out at the door and candles - fake, not real - were glowing on the stage.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2023
Reactions to a preview screening at CinemaCon, the annual convention of theater owners, were glowing, typified by a tweet from Fandango Managing Editor Erik Davis, who described “Maverick” as “absolutely terrific in every conceivable way.”
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2022
Europe’s Venus Express orbiter, which circled the planet from 2006 to 2014, found lava flow deposits all over —including at Idunn Mons — that were glowing in infrared.
From The Verge ● Nov. 26, 2021
We drove out from Texas and as we got into California, distant fires were glowing in the night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2016
Dylan watches Samantha as if she were glowing, and I wonder when I went dim for Hudson.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
