bruit
verb (used with object)
to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often followed byabout ).
was bruiting
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past progressiveof bruit.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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Soon after this the Oscar Wilde case was bruiting about.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Havelock Ellis
