undulate
verb (used without object)
to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement.
were undulating
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past progressiveof undulate.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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We traveled on over the river grounds, which were undulating, and covered with grass to the river brink.
From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by John Charles Frémont
Countless fingers of shadowy gray substance were undulating up the surface of the window, like pale angleworms or white serpents of many sizes, trying to climb up a pane of glass.
From Lords of the Stratosphere by Arthur J. Burks
He saw that the portières to left of his range of vision were undulating.
From The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant by Will Irwin
These were undulating, and of large extent, and as we passed along my companion noticed every here and there rather a deep dell, with shrubs growing in it.
From Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay by William C. Tetley
It was night, and the lights and shadows produced by the gas-stove were undulating on the floor and walls.
From The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day by Robert Neilson Stephens
