jingle
verb (used without object)
to make clinking or tinkling sounds, as do coins, keys, or other light, resonant metal objects when coming into contact or being struck together repeatedly.
had been jingling
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past perfect progressiveof jingle.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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On the way out—it will be quite dark then—I want you to drop something, say, a bunch of keys that you had been jingling in your hand.
From The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
But I'll be damned if Basset wasn't as much scared as if the poor fellow had been jingling the gold in his pocket.
From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
