were flipping
- past progressive of flip.
Example Sentences
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A report filed by public safety staff at the institute said the cleaner thought they were flipping the breaker on when they actually turned it off, the New York Post reported,
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2023
And by that, I mean they were flipping tables across the land a la Teresa Giudice circa 2008.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2023
Because the Britons were widely favored at this point, men were flipping everywhere.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2019
“Because she’s such an iconic movie star, if you lost the personal—or the person!—then you’d just feel like you were flipping through Architectural Digest,” Opie said.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 5, 2017
He glanced at Henry and Luxa, who were flipping wildly in the Sky trying to knock each other off their bats.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
