zing
noun
vitality, animation, or zest.
was zinging
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past progressiveof zing.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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Nevertheless, he played harder and with more purpose than he had at Kansas when I was zinging ESPN’s Chad Ford for championing him, calling Andrew’s hype the NBA version of “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”
From Forbes ● Aug. 26, 2014
So there he was zinging in the first ball while Umpire Skitch Henderson scrutinized his style.
From Time Magazine Archive
On Saturday, Kilgore appeared with Sen. George Allen, the presidential candidate and son of the legendary football coach, who was zinging around both the football and football analogies.
From Time Magazine Archive
But now the Lotus was firing on all eight cylinders, and Clark was zinging flat out down the slippery track as if the championship depended on it, touching 155 m.p.h. on the straight.
From Time Magazine Archive
