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
The room was dinning with the strains of an invisible orchestra and the vocal uproar; topping the confusion came shrieks from the excitable peacocks; the wild birds twittered and beat themselves affrightedly against the netting.
From The Auction Block by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Delaney's dogs were already to be heard, and the roll of hoofs on the Lower Road was dinning in his ears, as he leaped from the buckskin before the depot.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
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
And in Joan's brain was dinning the question.
From The Imaginary Marriage by Henry St. John Cooper
