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
There lay the little fellow, sound asleep in the goat-wagon, his head pillowed on his arm, while Nicknack was bleating now and then between the bites of grass and weeds he was eating.
From Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch by Howard Roger Garis
One of them had got caught in a furze-bush, and was bleating terribly.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey
In the town below drums were beating frantically, and a trumpet was bleating, as if the peril needed further advertising.
From Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
