carouse
verb (used without object)
to engage in a drunken revel.
were carousing
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past progressiveof carouse.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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It was not long before the two of them were carousing together in Saigon.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2018
The athletes were carousing on the running track.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rawdon came in from the dining-parlour where all those people were carousing, into his back room; a flare of coarse light following him into the apartment where the lady stood, still very nervous.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
We were then transported to a country road outside the caserma of the carabinieri; they were carousing and plotting how to take the brigand.
From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Henry Festing Jones
They were, in short, Grimmel's elder brothers, who sat satisfied in the chimney-corner while giants, devils and trolls were carousing without.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various
