moo
verb (used without object)
to utter the characteristic deep sound of a cow; low.
was mooing
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past progressiveof moo.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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While swimming through Oxfordshire, Cole spotted what she initially thought was a sheet of discarded plastic at the water’s edge, before realizing that it was mooing.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
It was mooing last week at Brooklyn's Paramount Theater before several thousand frenzied teen-agers who had already fallen for Lillian after hearing her fast-rising record of / Want You To Be My Baby.
From Time Magazine Archive
“We found her because she was mooing so loud,” Seth said.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Across the river at the Mose Hobb’s farm, an old milk cow was mooing and an old hound was baying in his deep voice.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
The cow was mooing reproachfully in a cropped circle of musky alfilaria behind the shed.
From Stories of the Foot-hills by Margaret Collier Graham
