stripe
noun
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing.
were striping
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past progressiveof stripe.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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The boy's face was black with coal-dust and wheat chaff, and tears were striping his features grotesquely.
From The Court of Boyville by Lowell, Orson
