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
The horses were jingling their bits, frisking their docked tails.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
All the bells were jingling, and all the people who followed them from the village were singing and yodeling until the air was full of jolly sounds.
From The Swiss Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Snow-balls were flying at the peoples' heads, and many parties were already moving briskly over the smooth surface, and the bells were jingling gayly, and there was a healthful glow upon every body's face.
From The Elm Tree Tales by F. Irene Burge (Frances Irene Burge) Smith
These were jingling rhymes, sung by young girls while engaged at their lace-pillows.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
