bandy
verb (used with object)
to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange.
were bandying
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past progressiveof bandy.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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Mr. Kurin asked, adding, “People were bandying about, ‘Well, the Smithsonian, we’re going to take away $100 million from your budget.’
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2011
This much came to him and it bothered him even more, now that he understood that they were bandying their meanings lightly over a subject so vital, so important, so—so completely personal.
From The Fourth R by George Oliver Smith
But, over the sinking of her heart, she kept her voice light, and Gerald, all unsuspecting, answered, as if it were a harmless jest they were bandying, 'What a horrid score!
From Franklin Kane by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
The movement was so quick that before those who were looking at him really grasped its meaning the hot rocks were bandying echoes of the report.
From When the West Was Young by Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie) Bechdolt
Unconscious of the compliments which his affectionate pupils were bandying from one to the other, Mr. Fletcher returned to his wife, seated in the parlour.
From A Hero of Romance by Richard Marsh
