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
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 Marsh, Richard
A tall lady in rose-pink had taken possession of Guy, Evesham and Lady Ladislaw made the two centres of a straggling group who were bandying recondite political allusions.
From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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 Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)
Many of the men were bandying jokes one with another, others were at the canteen, while many more had gone to the nearest town.
From All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War by Hocking, Joseph
