scent
noun
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable.
were scenting
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past progressiveof scent.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 adults were looking around, and then the woman put the monkey down, and it began to cast this way and that on the grass as if it were scenting or looking for footprints.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
Meantime, the dogs were scenting about in the drifts and growling and yelping.
From The Blue Birds' Winter Nest by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
They were scenting something, but were too tired to display the usual animation of the chase.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook
We were alone.—It was nearly ten o'clock at night, the flowers were scenting the air, the lights were soft, the dinner had been perfection.
From Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn
Our trail was warm, and we knew they were scenting it on a run.
From The Rifle Rangers by Mayne Reid
