muster
verb (used with object)
to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
were mustering
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past progressiveof muster.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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The clouds behind the mountains behind us were pink, but so was the surrounding light, everywhere, even three or four kilometres back towards the west under low stormy skies that were mustering to drench us.
From Time Magazine Archive
Captains were shouting, companies were mustering; many already were marching down to the Gate.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
At this point were mustering a band of riders, consisting of the civil authorities of the city, together with a number of its principal inhabitants, and other gentlemen from the neighbourhood.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton
In the west the clouds were mustering in battle array, but they were distant enough to promise a calm passage in glorious sunshine.
From The Tremendous Event by Maurice Leblanc
But Krasnoi had already fallen, and the enemy were mustering thickly along the road.
From Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
