slumber
verb (used without object)
to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
were slumbering
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past progressiveof slumber.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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Simple death by exposure would have left peaceful bodies that looked as if they were slumbering, as a veterinarian consultant observes in an earlier episode.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
He lay quite still for hours, until the deep breathing through the thin partitions told him that the rest of the family were slumbering soundly.
From Left on the Prairie by M. B. Cox
The spouses of the giant king Around their lord were slumbering, And, gay with sparkling earrings, shone Fair as the moon to look upon.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
Troublesome thoughts often exist in the mind, fermenting there, which are not realized by us while the senses are as it were slumbering; but still they are there.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
A dark, cold winter's storm was deluging the ground with rain, as Napoleon roused his troops from the drenched sods upon which they were slumbering.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
