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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While the others were undressing, Ken bribed Scotty to go out on an errand, and he let Murray into his scheme.
From The Young Pitcher by Grey, Zane
While we were undressing in came a little maiden, who marched up to every one of us, shook hands, and said, “Good evening, sir.”
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
Mr. Kronborg had noticed it, too, and had spoken of it to his wife with great satisfaction while they were undressing last night.
From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert
But at night when they went up to bed and were undressing, the boy who was called Singer came out of his cubicle and put his head in Philip's.
From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
The girls sat upon their beds while they were undressing, and plunged upon their knees on the bare pine floor and rested their elbows upon the faded patchwork quilts while they said their prayers.
From Sisters by Norris, Kathleen Thompson
