din
noun
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
was dinning
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past progressiveof din.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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The juke box was dinning and it was like looking into the depths of a murky cave.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
She felt as she had when waking in the night from some dreadful dream, though all the time she was dinning in her ears how foolish she was.
From The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
And in Joan's brain was dinning the question.
From The Imaginary Marriage by Henry St. John Cooper
Yes, somewhere among the hillocks seaward its note was dinning.
From The Ship of Stars by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
That was what was dinning in her ears all the time Ella had been talking in the carriage.
From Phyllis of Philistia by Frank Frankfort Moore
