were tilling
- past progressive of till.
Example Sentences
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In 1956, President Ngo Dinh Diem finally pushed through a law that granted tenant farmers the right to buy plots they were tilling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most probably they were tilling the ground to the best of their knowledge.
From The Good News of God by Kingsley, Charles
Laborers were tilling the ground around the vineyards; children carried bundles of faggots down from the wood.
From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf
The people were tilling it hundreds of years before we began tilling ours.
From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick
And when he came to Bourne, all men were tilling in peace.
From Hereward, the Last of the English by Kingsley, Charles
