barrel
noun
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
were barrelling
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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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Strings were sweeping, winds and brass were barrelling forth, and then, after eleven minutes, it all just ended, seemingly without cause.
From The New Yorker ● May 26, 2015
