grunt
verb (used without object)
to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
were grunting
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past progressiveof grunt.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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"They said there were grunting sounds, but it was ridiculous," Rosen said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2015
Down by the barn the hogs were grunting excitedly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boxers were grunting away all over the gym.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
The men around me were grunting & sweating from the aggzertion eggsertion exertion.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
They were grunting and snuffing in the trough in the corner.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
