bash
verb (used with object)
to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.
were bashing
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past progressiveof bash.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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I don't know what's going on and they were bashing me about something that isn't even true.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2022
Instagram videos showed the singer, 77, shovelling gravel near his home near Harlow, Essex, claiming drivers were "bashing their cars up" on the road.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2022
He lashed out at fans who were bashing the bad baseball at Coors Field, suggesting to one in an email exchange that maybe Denver doesn’t deserve a major league team anymore.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 14, 2014
Before, the league was bashing us and fans were bashing us for us just being the lowly Islanders.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2011
This was the spirits' furnace of my fable, where they were bashing away at me, so that the sparks were spewing through every newspaper.
From My Life and My Efforts by Gunther Olesch
