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was hymning

  • past progressive of hymn.

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Mike Kenny's adaptation also subtly reminds us that Nesbit, as a co-founder of the Fabian Society and lifelong socialist, was hymning communal values.

From The Guardian Jul. 13, 2010

The song was a huge hit on the island, and stores across Jamaica reported selling out of the very thing Vybz Kartel was hymning.

From The Guardian Jun. 24, 2010

At one moment he was hymning the raptures of bee-keeping, at another letting off epigrams on the fascinating subject of hay-making.

From The Green Carnation by Hichens, Robert Smythe