slay
verb (used with object)
to kill by violence.
were slaying
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past progressiveof slay.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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And while Harvard and North Dakota State were slaying favorites here in Spokane in games that bookended this one, Payne is making sure that his legacy – and Michigan State’s advancement – keeps moving forward.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2014
It began to look as if tiny David were slaying the Gillette Goliath.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just ask any number of Australian blokes who turned up for the six-star, WQS comp-the boys were slaying it!
From Time Magazine Archive
In the courtyard the wooers were slaying goats and singeing swine and making ready a great feast.
From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories by Hamilton Wright Mabie
His horses were left to forage on the young cane that grew on the edge of the swamp; and his men were slaying cattle and parching corn, preparing for a feast after their short rations.
From Stories Of Georgia by Joel Chandler Harris
