bomb
noun
a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
was bombing
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past progressiveof bomb.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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Asked how his ex-quarterback looked, Rice said, “He was bombing away.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Baumgartner was bombing down the snowboard cross course at Genting Snow Park, leading a quarterfinal heat, taking another step toward an Olympic medal that had eluded him for 12 years.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
"I saw he couldn’t walk at all," Popyrin said, "but he was bombing 120-mph serves. He was definitely struggling out there. Props to him that he was able to serve it out."
From Fox News ● Mar. 28, 2021
“If we thought Russia was bombing Nusra clearly and specifically,” he added, chuckling and throwing up his hands, “we would have moved away from them.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2016
The Pentagon, meanwhile, publicly denied that the United States was bombing Cambodia.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
