moisten
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become moist.
were moistening
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past progressiveof moisten.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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Passing through a dark passage, Lucien noticed two half-naked laborers, who were moistening clay and converting it into a kind of dough.
From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Parker Gillmore
She looked at me keenly, as if in wonder at my words; and I could see that her eyes were moistening with the sudden rush of feeling.
From When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country by Randall Parrish
In the blue pond, now bloodless, a dusky evening sky lay hollowed out, and the gushing waters were moistening the flower-beds.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke
Roma's eyes were moistening, and the little tool was trembling in her hand.
From The Eternal City by Sir Hall Caine
She turned aside quickly; her own eyes were moistening, and it was part of her character to be reluctant to let Isabel see it.
From My Lady's Money by Wilkie Collins
