barrel
noun
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
were barreling
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past progressiveof barrel.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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Two sport utility vehicles were barreling toward them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Regional officials along the major M-4 highway linking Rostov-on-Don to Moscow, about 600 miles north, had said that convoys of military equipment were barreling north on the highway and urged local residents to stay away.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
Kraken center Matty Beniers immediately went after Lomberg following the hit, which was seemingly in retaliation for Schultz grabbing at Lomberg’s head a few seconds earlier as they were barreling after the puck.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
I have also smugly assumed that if a mountain-size comet, plainly visible in the sky, were barreling to Earth at 25,000 mph, my colleagues and I could communicate the dangers.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2021
The Braves were barreling balls with consistency anyway.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2018
