brawl
noun
an angry, rough, noisy fight, especially one engaged in under the influence of alcohol.
was brawling
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past progressiveof brawl.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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But at some point, his continued calm seemed inappropriate and monotonous, like a preacher who continued his sermon as his flock was brawling in the pews.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2017
Meanwhile the Fifth Cohort was brawling with the two-headed men.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
There was brawling in my church, and howling in my schoolroom, women fainting and men shouting in a most fanatical manner.
From From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry by William Haslam
Beneath, the little stream was brawling down the valley, catching the moonlight on its wavelets.
From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
The beck was swollen with late rains, and was brawling merrily over its stony bed; the churchyard grass was deep and cool and shadowy under the clustering branches.
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
