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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When we are speaking of matter, it will seem as if we were inclining to idealism; when we are speaking of mind, it will seem as if we were inclining to materialism.
From The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell
The port guns were still being served, but their muzzles were inclining ever downward toward the water.
From Our Navy in the War by Lawrence Perry
The arms were inclining outwards from the body, and the legs were doubled up.
From The Shrieking Pit by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees
He effected a reconciliation with Selim; he saw that Selim was still rebellious at heart; that his best officers were inclining toward his undutiful son.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Rossiter Johnson
A few seconds later, I noticed that they were inclining their bodies up stream, and were evidently struggling with the current.
From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Sir Samuel White Baker
