sunder
verb (used with object)
were sundering
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past progressiveof sunder.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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At the same time, North and South were sundering into irrevocable conflict.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2013
Slowly, and with chilling ominousness, one wooden bar after another slams into place across the face of the cave, as if civilization were sundering these two worlds for all time to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
