had been bellowing
- past perfect progressive of bellow.
Example Sentences
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The whole week before coming to Paris, Khrushchev had been bellowing like a wounded rogue elephant over the U2's invasion of Russian airspace.
From Time Magazine Archive
For forty years he had been bellowing against despots and existing order, and, for the Duke of Fort Canibas, he typified "Reform!"
From The Ramrodders A Novel by Day, Holman
The wind had risen during the night, and the waves had been bellowing up the beach; but she heard neither wind nor waves.
From Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier by Marquis, T. G.
While he was looking at the Indian, an angry bull, which had been bellowing and pawing up the ground, suddenly charged the Indian.
From Heart Talks by Naylor, Charles Wesley
The student also saw the instrument that had been bellowing forth those infernal tones, which he had been fancying he had heard somewhere before.
From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne
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