were guttering
- past progressive of gutter.
Example Sentences
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Soon lights began to twinkle close to the ground: they were guttering flames in gasoline tins, marking alleys through the German fields for the main body of troops and tanks.
From Time Magazine Archive
A great fire had burned out on the library hearth; the group had genially sat together till the candles were guttering in their sockets in the old crystal-hung candelabra.
From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles
Candles were guttering to their end, the long chamber, the inn itself seemed strangely silent and the broad casement already glimmered with the dawn.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery
The candles were guttering, the light of the lamps was beginning to fade; the aspect of the court grim and terrible.
From A Book of Remarkable Criminals by Irving, Henry Brodribb
Fanning-Smith, irritated by the insistent jingling so close to his ear, lifted himself and answered—the tears were guttering his swollen face; his lips and eyelids were twitching.
From The Cost by Phillips, David Graham
