hie
verb (used without object)
to hasten; speed; go in haste.
were hieing
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past progressiveof hie.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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The herds and flocks stood still as stocks, Or to their folds were hieing, Men young and old, dared not to scold At wives and children crying.
From Once Upon a Time in Connecticut by Caroline Clifford Newton
