ricochet
noun
the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting from a surface one or more times as a result of a glancing blow.
was ricocheting
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past progressiveof ricochet.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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By late afternoon, news that someone had been shot on a Santa Fe film set was ricocheting through New Mexico’s tight-knit film community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
Now an image of his face on a T-shirt was ricocheting around the Internet.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2017
By this time, the video was ricocheting across social media, and other mothers in Magnolia — which has chapters in 25 states, including New Hampshire and Massachusetts — had seen it.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2016
The Jensens bought several books on violin technique, went to work with Dylana, and by the following week's lesson she was ricocheting like crazy.
From Time Magazine Archive
