were exclaiming
- past progressive of exclaim.
Example Sentences
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He wore a long black jacket, and upon his arrival, all of the Beach players were exclaiming, “Hey, it’s Coach P!”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2015
But all about him people were exclaiming, ‘Look, there they are!’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
The girls were exclaiming and thanking their father, and nobody noticed Ned Brooke's behaviour but myself, and it soon passed out of my mind.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Mr. Pike muttered gruffly, while we were exclaiming over our fresh discovery.
From The Mutiny of the Elsinore by London, Jack
Many hands were seizing the horses' heads, and Louis leapt down, but not before the door had been opened, and voices were exclaiming, 'Descendez citoyenne; au nom de la nation, descendez.'
From Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
