interlace
verb (used without object)
to cross one another, typically passing alternately over and under, as if woven together; intertwine.
were interlacing
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past progressiveof interlace.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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Salvator recovered consciousness again; he fancied he was lying in a beautiful flower-scented arbour, for green boughs and leaves were interlacing above his head.
From Weird Tales. Vol. I by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
And now he saw that the trembling fingers were interlacing each other, twisting the rings on each other, and that Mrs. Mallathorpe was thinking as she had most likely never thought in her life.
From The Talleyrand Maxim by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
Brown shadows were interlacing out in the mill-pond, where old Gabe's eyes were intent.
From The Last Stetson by Fox, John
