cheep
verb (used without object)
to chirp; peep.
were cheeping
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past progressiveof cheep.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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A thousand insects were cheeping; a thousand frogs in disjointed concert welcomed the twilight.
From Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson
There was a certain eeriness in the hush in which the column was formed—the grey column in the grey dawn, in the Wilderness where the birds were cheeping, and the mist hung faint and cold.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
It was warm and cosy there, and the crickets were cheeping feebly in the russet grass where the sunlight fell.
From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Hamlin Garland
The sparrows were cheeping more loudly: the trains were more frequent.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
In the elm tree two bright yellow birds were cheeping.
From Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books by Horatia K. F. Eden
