liquefy
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become liquid.
were liquefying
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past progressiveof liquefy.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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Instead of being congested in vaults, safes, and cash boxes, tight, hard, congealed, it was loosening, and, as it were, liquefying, so that it spread and spread and permeated the entire community.
From The Pit by Frank Norris
