incline
verb (used without object)
to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
were inclining
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past progressiveof incline.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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This effected, he threw himself on a flank of the retiring Hurons, who were inclining off towards the southern margin of the point, in the hope of escaping through the water.
From The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
I loved you, because at a time when you were wavering between detestable principles and the impulses of a generous heart I saw that you were inclining towards justice and honesty.
From Mauprat by Stanley Young
It was upon the former all eyes were fixed, towards whom all hearts were inclining.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
Some were only stumps, some were inclining stiffly to their fall, some were still erect, piercing like masts into the blue.
From Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
Of part of those doings I was myself in some measure a witness, through my social connections with a circle of English politicians who were inclining to an Irish alliance.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
