din
noun
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
had been dinning
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past perfect progressiveof din.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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After the head man had been dinning his instructions into him for some time, he said he might go, until his attendance was required.
From Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes by Samuel Lover
But he was only telling us what everybody else out of the trade had been dinning into our ears ever since we planned the journey.
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb
