jingle
verb (used without object)
to make clinking or tinkling sounds, as do coins, keys, or other light, resonant metal objects when coming into contact or being struck together repeatedly.
were jingling
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past progressiveof jingle.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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Dogs were barking and trace chains were jingling.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
They were celebrating something or another, were jingling their money, discussing future earnings, and laughing uproariously.
From The Created Legend by John Cournos
When the troopers were jingling past beneath us, he flung himself on the ground, and thrust his plaid into his mouth, to prevent his crying out for fear.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
And then he was off and the bells were jingling down the road and she had not even cautioned him "Be a good boy."
From Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. by Jennie (Drinkwater) Conklin Maria
The slot machines were jingling out their infernal din while fools fed coins into their insatiable innards.
From ...Or Your Money Back by Randall Garrett
