mar
verb (used with object)
to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil.
were marring
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past progressiveof mar.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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Indeed it had begun to be believed by some that these teachings were marring the prosperity of that old college.
From The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University by Robert Peter
A new possibility had risen before him, which might dissolve at once the wretched conditions of fear and suppression that were marring his life.
From Romola by George Eliot
