slough
noun
the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
were sloughing
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past progressiveof slough.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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Tripoli, like other towns oh these shores, looks as though it were sloughing away.
From Old Junk by Ratcliffe, S. K. (Samuel Kerkham)
Some of the colonial ornamental details about porches and roof were sloughing off or had already disappeared.
From The Yates Pride, a romance by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
They were sloughing their personal honor that minute, fraternizing with Turkish prisoners.
From Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders by Mundy, Talbot
