parley
noun
a discussion or conference.
were parleying
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past progressiveof parley.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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Yvan, who had not gone to bed, had answered the bell, for the footsteps of several people were heard in the antechamber, where the unexpected visitors were parleying with the servant.
From Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) by Ren? de Pont-Jest
Whilst they were parleying, and propositions making on one side and the other, Alcibiades's whole army came up to the town.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
"I don't care," said I. Mamma and I were parleying, when a portly gentleman came up, whose physiognomy I at once recognized; he was a Memmingen merchant.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Ludwig Nohl
Wakening Little Fellow, I told him my plan and ordered him to slip away north while the two tribes were parleying and to await me a day's march from the Sioux camp.
From Lords of the North by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
I hesitated, asked Grace when she intended returning to London, and, while we were parleying about the matter, Mopsie returned.
From The Late Miss Hollingford by Rosa Mulholland
