barrel
noun
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
was barreling
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past progressiveof barrel.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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This six-hour, 165-mile, absurdly punishing race was barreling into its climactic section: Mt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
But in the first weeks of 2023, nearly 100 miles southeast of Star Dance, his life was barreling toward darkness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
Soon he was barreling after the puck in an intrasquad scrimmage, seemingly at full speed.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
In minutes, the Cleveland Cavaliers would pick James first on his then-employer’s network and the train already was barreling down the tracks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
I was barreling up the ramp to the top-floor balcony and slammed into her, knocking her into an Apollo space capsule.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
