were spindling

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of spindle.
  spindle

  noun

  a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.

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were spindling

The neck was short, the shoulders thin and the legs and arms were spindling.

From The Hand by Gerald Allan Sohl

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