were unbinding

• past progressive

  past progressive

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

  of unbind.
  unbind

  verb (used with object)

  to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.

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were unbinding

Some women were unbinding sheaves, others were raking up the scattered straw and ears, and others again were gathering great armfuls of corn and handing them to the men to feed the machine.

From The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy, Count

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