sally
noun
a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
were sallying
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past progressiveof sally.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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The Crusades were going on about that time; the robber barons were sallying out onto the plains on their raiding excursions.
From Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Early in the morning when the Rocky Mountain men were sallying from the valley, they met a cavalcade of one hundred and fifty Blackfeet.
From The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut
They wished to be at the hangars, to greet those who returned, and give the pilots who 83 were sallying forth a last word of encouragement.
From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Charles Amory Beach
He had quite as serious and important an air as if he were sallying forth to protect us from deadlier foes.
From Driven Back to Eden by Edward Payson Roe
