scowl
verb (used without object)
to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
were scowling
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past progressiveof scowl.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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Lennie watched her, fascinated; but Candy and Crooks were scowling down away from her eyes.
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
His eyes were frank and open, while the other's were scowling and contracted.
From Told In The Hills by Marah Ellis Ryan
His brows were scowling, and his eyes gleamed with a proud and angry light in them.
From Anna Karenina by Constance Garnett
The chief was still speaking when I returned to the council chamber, but his manner and his words were less conciliatory and his warriors were scowling ominously.
From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Willie Walker Caldwell
Withal he looked uneasily at his fellows, some of whom were scowling on him felly.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris
