were luxuriating
- past progressive of luxuriate.
Example Sentences
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On the Facebook pages of the rescue and its affiliates, volunteers showed dogs exploring their first grassy yards, while others, like Dolphin, were luxuriating in bolstered, plush dog beds.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 12, 2019
Painters like Mabuse, Cranach, Caravaggio, da Pontormo, and a hundred others across Europe were luxuriating in the mastery of technique.
From Time Magazine Archive
In passing over a knoll which was crowned by several magnificent oaks, they came suddenly on a family of black pigs, which were luxuriating on the acorns that covered the ground.
From The Hot Swamp by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
They had tried dictators, consuls, prætors, councils of ten, and other numbers odd and even, and ere the middle of the thirteenth century were luxuriating in the enjoyment of perfect anarchy.
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard
Soon after dark the last team was in camp and the men and beasts were luxuriating in the clear running water of the Platte.
From A Gold Hunter's Experience by Hambleton, Chalkley J.
