were replenishing
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past progressiveof replenish.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
replenishverb (used with object)to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc..
Example Sentences
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Some were replenishing the fire, others were drawing water, cooking, eating, smoking long thin-stemmed pipes with absurdly small bowls, or oiling their limbs and weapons with impartial energy.
From The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy