parallel
adjective
extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging.
were paralleling
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past progressiveof parallel.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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We'd have our road about half completed when we'd bust up in business; indeed, the minute Pennington suspected we were paralleling his line, he'd choke off our wind.
From The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
We were paralleling the highest ridge of the escarpment, and so alternated between the crossing of cañons and the travelling along broad ridges between them.
From African Camp Fires by Stewart Edward White
At noon we were paralleling another mighty range, the little known Altai Mountains, and at one o'clock we passed the Zaisan Nor, the great lake which forms the headwaters for the Irtysh River.
From The Image and the Likeness by John Scott Campbell
They were paralleling our outward course; indeed, seemed to be diverging from our ambush and making more to the west.
From Desert Dust by J. Clinton Shepherd
The search-lights were paralleling and intersecting, now revealing the perpendicular depths beside the vessel, and now flooding the sky.
From The U-boat hunters by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
