peal
noun
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
was pealing
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past progressiveof peal.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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Somewhere in the neighbourhood a church bell was pealing.
From Eve's Ransom by George Gissing
The alarm bell was pealing out its hurried sounds through the still air.
From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
A merry piece I blew on the shore, How clear my trumpet was pealing!
From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
The vesper hymn was pealing forth from the choir, and all the sisterhood, except herself, were singing.
From The Lost Lady of Lone by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The fire department, with a short circuit somewhere in its wires, had at last been notified by telephone, and the box number was pealing out on two church bells.
From The High School Left End Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
