rampage
noun
violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive.
was rampaging
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past progressiveof rampage.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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Signs that the virus was rampaging through communities were widespread in cities such as Beijing and Wuhan.
From Reuters ● Dec. 12, 2022
But when the alpha version of the virus was rampaging, vaccines were just beginning to be deployed, so comparisons are tricky.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
Jones was rampaging making some good defensive plays but also exposing the back four.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2014
Swing is his stock-in-trade and it is subservient to him, the best exponent England has had since the youthful Botham was rampaging.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2013
Oh, they told her about that young city fellow you was rampaging all over the country with last spring.
From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
