outcrop
were outcropping
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past progressiveof outcrop.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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There were outcropping boulders, gravel pits, ledges of shale, brush clumps and a few ragged trees clinging tenaciously to the water-worn gullies.
From The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Marlowe, Amy Bell
