reek
noun
a strong, unpleasant smell.
were reeking
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past progressiveof reek.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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Parts of the city were reeking, and Lindsay could do nothing except stand on principle.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fields before her, which stretched to the hills, were reeking with damp.
From Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days by Emma Marshall
The grass and bushes were reeking, and his moccasins became sodden.
From The Scouts of the Valley by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Their horses were reeking, dripping from the flanks.
From The Forest Lovers by Maurice Henry Hewlett
They gasped with the pity of it, and Kedzie's eyes were reeking with tears and Gilfoyle's lips were shivering when they wrenched out of that lock of torment.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
