bleat
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
was bleating
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past progressiveof bleat.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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"I think when he was bleating it was all echoing back at him. He was having a lovely time," farm staff said.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2022
While Jackson was bleating at her expense, Kate pressed something sticky, gritty, and cold into Reynie’s hand beneath the table.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
About a fortnight after these events Stephen received a visitor upon the uplands, where he was seeking a lamb that had strayed into a dwarf forest of gorse-bushes, and was bleating piteously in its bewilderment.
From Fern's Hollow by Hesba Stretton
She was bleating most piteously at the time; and as the man approached nearer, she redoubled her cries, looked earnestly into his face, and seemed to be imploring his assistance.
From Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match by Francis C. (Francis Channing) Woodworth
She was bleating beside a water-course, into which her kid of that spring had fallen, and whose rapid swell, filled by the recent storm, was too strong for the young creature.
From Under Two Flags by Ouida
