imbibe
verb (used with object)
to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink.
were imbibing
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past progressiveof imbibe.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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They didn’t look too much different than other patrons except that they were spare in flesh and had a healthy glow that came from a source other than the stout Irish beer they were imbibing.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 15, 2015
She often felt her ideas were out of date, and that she was not keeping up with the modern notions her children were imbibing at school.
From A harum-scarum schoolgirl by John Campbell
And the larger children, their fathers and mothers, were imbibing new ideas of all kinds at a revolutionary rate.
From White Fire by John Oxenham
But in not a single instance did it seem as if the wood were imbibing the ethereal essence of humanity.
From Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne
