were thickening
- past progressive of thicken.
Example Sentences
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While the school groups slipped off for lunch, the throngs of grown-ups in the Flemish galleries were thickening.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2019
The trees were still too thin to overlap and form real walls, but they were thickening up as everyone stood and watched.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Events were thickening there was no retreat for me, and I prepared for action.
From Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet by Marryat, Frederick
Dangers no doubt were thickening round his beloved Italy.
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas
The shadows were thickening on the ground, and the voices of the forests were hushed.
From Arms and the Woman by MacGrath, Harold
