bellow
verb (used without object)
to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
was bellowing
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past progressiveof bellow.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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Washington Commanders quarterback Taylor Heinicke had some answers Sunday for those “analytics” that his coach, Ron Rivera, was bellowing about two weeks ago when questions were raised about Rivera’s previously professed love for Carson Wentz.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
A huge-voiced man behind me was bellowing, “Viva Beto! Viva El Paso!”
From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2019
Just outside the room, a limping Alex Jones was bellowing incoherently.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2018
Forty years ago this summer, it was the singing voice of Martin that was bellowing out of many car windows.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2018
He was bellowing into the elf’s pale face.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
