herald
noun
(formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
were heralding
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past progressiveof herald.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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For a while I thought they were heralding an orc attack; now it turns out they may just be grieving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
While shouting down the technical feasibility of ’s nano-bots, nano-advocates whispered that a big-screen version might derail what they were heralding as “the next industrial revolution.”
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2011
After the first two years, critics were heralding "a new era."
From Time Magazine Archive
Arnold's report, yet unexplained, immediately gave rise to other sightings, and by July 4, newspapers were heralding literally hundreds of reports of "flying saucers" in skies across the nation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several years ago the newspapers of Europe were heralding the marvelous achievements of a boy in Berlin, who, though only two years old, was said to read in a most surprising manner.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various
