carol
noun
a song, especially of joy.
was carolling
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past progressiveof carol.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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A brave little bird, probably a lover, was carolling in a distracted manner in a large tree.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
Once or twice she heard the harsh call of the corncrake mingled with the flute-like notes of the thrush; a lark was carolling high up in the blue sky—by and by she heard him descend.
From Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey
The Cardinal-bird was carolling his matin song when the members of this little New England colony watched my departure down the Wadmelaw the next morning.
From Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5. by Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes) Bishop
She had a very sweet voice, and was carolling wild notes now high up in the air—"Begone, dull care; you and I shall never agree."
From A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School by L. T. Meade
It was nothing to him that the smell of spring was in the air; that the lark was carolling high overhead; that the declining sun was darting his rays through the trees.
From Roger Ingleton, Minor by Talbot Baines Reed
