ransom
noun
the redemption of a prisoner or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
were ransoming
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past progressiveof ransom.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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And Birdalone laughed, and said that it seemed to her as if once again she were ransoming her skin of the witch-wife by that noble catch.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris
