carol
noun
a song, especially of joy.
were carolling
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past progressiveof carol.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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Wakeful thrushes were carolling out of the thickets.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis
The day was bright and full of the fragrance of flowers, bells were ringing, and larks were carolling.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
It was a fine lovely morning in May, the sun shone bright above, and the birds were carolling in the hedge-rows.
From Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Francis Hindes Groome
They came out of the court, and walked off swiftly into the orchard, appearing to tread on air, and seemingly as happy as the birds that were carolling on the surrounding trees.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
Our own French guns were carolling away; the arrives were coming in.
From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by William Allen White
