squawk
verb (used without object)
to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
had been squawking
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past perfect progressiveof squawk.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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Taking over the Times, Murdoch tries to soothe ruffled Britons For weeks members of the British Establishment had been squawking like chickens with a fox in their coop.
From Time Magazine Archive
