blast
noun
a sudden and violent gust of wind.
was blasting
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past progressiveof blast.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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His only hope of establishing society on a freezing rock far, far away was blasting thousands of satellites into orbit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Music was blasting from a speaker under the low trees where a troop of elderly ladies were choreographing a fan dance routine.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
“Winds were extremely intense, and with the recent snowfall, the wind was blasting snow in our faces,” Ostgaard wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
The music Carroll was blasting was Prince, by the way.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Lynyrd Skynyrd was blasting through the pickup truck’s open windows as it pulled up alongside us, creaking and groaning in the way all old cars seem to do.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
