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
From a thousand miles around, the devils were mustering for their prey, agglutinating, in order that the meal of one might become the meal of all.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 by Various
It was that of the sentry stationed in front of the building used for the marine barracks, and finding who we were, he told us that the men were mustering in the court-yard.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Archibald Webb
Naples was astir, and the guards were mustering by torchlight in the streets.
From Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway
