were spiriting

• past progressive

  past progressive

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

  of spirit.
  spirit

  noun

  the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.

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