shade
noun
the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
were shading
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past progressiveof shade.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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Members of the President's ruling New Society Movement, who had heard their leader predict an 80-20 victory for himself, were shading that estimate back to 60-40.
From Time Magazine Archive
I observed that several gentlemen were shading their eyes, each with one hand, as if they had just come into church.
From David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Then he gently drew back a quantity of brown sea-weeds, which were shading his side of the pool, that he might see further into it.
From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
Some had their padded elbows lifted as though they were shading their eyes.
From The Crime Doctor by Ernest William Hornung
The vicarage gates were wide open, and two black figures were shading their eyes in the porch.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey
