were erupting
- past progressive of erupt.
Example Sentences
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It would have annoyed Makram for a fleeting moment but soon South Africa's players were erupting in celebration on the balcony in the home dressing room.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
The band’s most iconic song is the melancholy, menacing “Ghost Town,” which topped the U.K. music charts in the summer of 1981 as Britain’s cities were erupting in riots.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
Sure enough, by midsemester, coronavirus clusters were erupting on and off campus: 11 positive tests in a week in the athletic department; 13 more tied to two restaurants near campus; 17 in one dormitory.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2020
The Troubles were erupting around him in Belfast but he made a new life: married his childhood sweetheart, Margaret, had two sons, Paul and Martin, and got a job at a bookmakers.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020
Inside, the floor was covered with excrement, and all twelve bowls were erupting like a row of tiny volcanoes.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
