squeak
noun
a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound.
was squeaking
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past progressiveof squeak.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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She was squeaking by on $720 per month in disability checks.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2015
Democratic Governor John Dalton, who carried the state by some 300,000 votes in 1960 while Kennedy was squeaking past Nixon by 10,000, publicly concedes that Kennedy is in trouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was squeaking and weak with laughing when Dinky-Dunk stood in the door.
From The Prairie Wife by Harvey Dunn
"What ails you, Doctor?" the coroner was squeaking.
From The Abandoned Room by Wadsworth Camp
This was squeaking when found, but was not large enough to crawl away.
From Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by Charles Taylor Vorhies
