pattern
noun
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
were patterning
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past progressiveof pattern.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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Will pressed his face harder against the grate, until he was sure the metal zigzags were patterning his nose.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
They never sat down, but followed along, knitting, knitting, as though they were patterning the fates of men.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine
