was tooting
- past progressive of toot.
Example Sentences
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"Sounds as if some one had had a breakdown and was tooting for help," I suggested with a smile.
From The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)
He was a little boy when Arkwright was tooting round the country trading hair and wigs.
From Carl and the Cotton Gin by Bassett, Sara Ware
A boat of some description was tooting reflectively far down the river.
From Piccadilly Jim by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
All the shipping was tooting as she swept by, and the men cheering and waving their hats at the land they might never come back to.
From Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them by Ruhl, Arthur
In the street a luxurious limousine was tooting for a ramshackle prairie schooner to turn to one side.
From The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
