Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Two months later, Breyer was whistling a happier, though still realistic, tune.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
Eleven years ago, when I first started writing about the N.C.A.A. in the pages of this newspaper, I often felt I was whistling in the wind.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
The fireworks may have started when Lindor was whistling around the bases during his second home run and aiming his antics toward Yankees pitcher Wandy Peralta, according to the New York Post.
From Fox News ● Sep. 13, 2021
A decade and a half later, it sounded like Reagan was whistling a similar tune.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2019
He was whistling as he crossed the landing.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
