flout
verb (used with object)
to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock.
were flouting
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past progressiveof flout.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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But a U.N. internal report said the rebels were flouting the ceasefire and withdrawal.
From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2023
And there was a plan announced to shut down more than 1,000 Islamic religious schools, which the government said were flouting national education policy.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2022
Also this month, in response to news that U.S. boaters were flouting the border closure, the B.C. premier, John Horgan, joined in the stay away chorus.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
Witnesses said Rademaker and a woman approached the group and expressed anger that they were flouting coronavirus social distancing guidelines that have been put in place across the world.
From Fox News ● Apr. 8, 2020
The thing that worried the more ecstatic Abolitionists was their sneaking sense of responsibility, the fear that they themselves were flouting the fire by letting slavery go on.
From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
