volley
noun
the simultaneous discharge of a number of missiles or firearms.
was volleying
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past progressiveof volley.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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His heart rate was volleying up and down, Morales said, but his oxygen was good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
Richards was at the net now, was volleying crisp shots to right and left.
From Time Magazine Archive
The next girl made an equally good throw and another loud whack announced that Katherine was volleying.
From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
All up and down it boys were staggering along with trunks and bags, while from the western end the smoke was volleying forth from Number 19 in great billowy clouds.
From The New Boy at Hilltop by Ralph Henry Barbour
To his eyes the storm was volleying over the illimitable fields of the ice.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
