giggle
verb (used without object)
to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
were giggling
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past progressiveof giggle.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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I couldn’t understand their Ngambay, but they were giggling.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2018
It wasn’t even like people were giggling and snickering and winking, more that it was quite honestly boring.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2018
I thought maybe you guys were giggling behind the scenes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2014
“I once threw my wife and father out of my car after Leicester had been beaten by Liverpool because they were giggling in the back on the way home from the match”
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2014
By this time Kyla and Larisa were giggling nervously, and I can only imagine what the audience must have thought at the sight of me running in circles behind the podium.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
