plume
noun
a feather.
were pluming
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past progressiveof plume.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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Before them was a wide stretch of green grass ending at the lily-pond; yellow and white blossoms dotted the calm water, and swans were pluming their wings in the summer sun.
From Chatterbox, 1906 by J. Erskine (John Erskine) Clarke
Sometimes, when they were pluming themselves on having beaten the game, Destiny was laughing in her sleeve and spreading a snare for their feet.
From Poor Man's Rock by Frank Tenney Johnson
Birds, such as he had never seen before, sang in the bushes, and fowls of many kinds, before unknown, were pluming themselves in the warm sun on the shores of the lake.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 by James Athearn Jones
"Do try to walk like a civilized being, Polly!" she exclaimed, as her friend suddenly pounced into the midst of a flock of hens that were pluming themselves in a sunny fence-corner.
From Half a Dozen Girls by Anna Chapin Ray
Birds, such as he had never seen before, sang in the bushes, and fowl of many kinds were pluming themselves in the warm sun on the shores of the lake.
From Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian by Anonymous
