trumpet
was trumpeting
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past progressiveof trumpet.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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When John F. Kennedy exclaimed in 1960: "I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute," he was trumpeting the new separationist status quo.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2022
Soon after Ghahremani was trumpeting his new client to all 32 teams at the Senior Bowl, showing the highlights to whoever would watch.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2019
“The way it was trumpeting and walking…. It was an awful feeling,” Mate recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2017
Lloyds was even going to supply some of the debt to fund the transaction, and the government was trumpeting the Co-op as a much-needed "challenger" that would inject competition into retail banking.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2013
His companion, meantime, was trumpeting away furiously, and advancing towards us, but Chickango and I were concealed from him by the thick wood.
From In the Wilds of Africa by Alfred Pearse
