vibrate
verb (used without object)
to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
was vibrating
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past progressiveof vibrate.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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At the opening for “Precious Moments,” Gomez’s solo show at David Kordansky, the room was vibrating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
"Everything was vibrating, everything, the bed, the floor, the four walls."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023
The latest set of delays at Unit 3 included a pipe part of a critical backup cooling system that was vibrating during startup testing.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
"The way I described him to Jonathan ... was that he was an alien who had just crash landed on this planet and was vibrating at a slightly different frequency than the rest of us."
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
She was vibrating strangely, her enormous hat blocking out a good part of the horizon.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
