undress
verb (used with object)
to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
were undressing
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past progressiveof undress.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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Talk ran on, all the while they were undressing, upon all manner of trifles.
From The End of a Coil by Susan Warner
I wonder how it is," said Jack to Valentine that evening as they were undressing, "that Raymond's always wanting money, and never seems to have any.
From Soldiers of the Queen by Harold Avery
“My, what a night for a fire!” remarked Phil, while he and his chums were undressing.
From Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall by H. Richard Boehm
“Well, how does it feel to be a Torch-bearer—the only one in Camp?” asked Helen late that night, as the girls were undressing together.
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Margaret Widdemer
"It's mighty queer about that fire," remarked Luke, when the boys were undressing.
From Dave Porter in the Gold Fields or, The Search for the Landslide Mine by Walter S. Rogers
