prophesy
verb (used with object)
to foretell or predict.
were prophesying
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past progressiveof prophesy.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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It wasn’t long after the pandemic took hold that some folks were prophesying the end of American cities.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
There was talk, too, of a pony-express, to bring them mail from the Missouri in six days; and a few visionaries were prophesying that a railroad would one day come by them.
From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Harry Leon Wilson
While the minor milliners were prophesying that she would shut up shop, she was quietly carrying on a private correspondence with an agent in Paris.
From After Dark by Wilkie Collins
But in acting they were prophesying too, prophesying something even more romantic than the scene the present brought to mind.
From Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays by Annie Roe Carr
Others were prophesying, talking in tongues, singing, shouting, and praying.
From The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite by Alfred Henry Lewis
