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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There were nightingales singing, though it was day, and the larks were carolling as blithely as at early morn.
From Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various
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 birds were carolling on every spray, And every leaf glittered with perfumed dew; Nature was full of joy, but, wretched man!
From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
It was a fine, lovely morning in May, the sun shine bright above, and the birds were carolling in the hedgerows.
From Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest by Theodore Watts
Our own French guns were carolling away; the arrives were coming in.
From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by William Allen White
