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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