click
noun
a slight, sharp sound.
were clicking
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past progressiveof click.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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Ms. Singer calls it a gimmick, noting that “many kids were clicking, dragging and dropping—essentially stacking or compiling—prewritten coding blocks, without writing out the computer code itself.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
“It felt like all of these emotional arcs and themes in my life and poetic moments that had just happened were clicking into place.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
The "proof was in the pudding", she said, adding that so far users were clicking on an increased range of sources too.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024
After winning six of their previous seven games, the Commanders were clicking, and the next step was to find consistency — and perhaps make their close wins a little less anxiety-inducing.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2022
The sun was halfway gone, and all around us the cameras were clicking.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
