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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Some of the men lay down, pillowing their heads on their arms, dozing, dozing in the underbrush, in the misty light, beneath the tall treetops where the birds were cheeping.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
A thousand insects were cheeping; a thousand frogs in disjointed concert welcomed the twilight.
From Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson
Eight or nine yellow, fluffy little mites were cheeping and scuffling in the fender.
From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
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
The sparrows were cheeping more loudly: the trains were more frequent.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
