moo
verb (used without object)
to utter the characteristic deep sound of a cow; low.
were mooing
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past progressiveof moo.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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The cows were mooing, the cats mewing, the dogs barking, the pigs grunting.
From The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin by Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody) Hale
Shadows were lengthening, and the cows were mooing at the pasture gate.
From Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris
Hungry cattle were lowing and full-uddered mothers were mooing answers to bawling calves.
From Erskine Dale?Pioneer by John Fox
To add to the confusion cows were mooing loudly for their off-spring not yet unloaded from the calf wagon.
From A Man Four-Square by William MacLeod Raine
Pigs were grunting and squealing, cows were mooing, a donkey was braying, ducks were quacking, hens were clucking, roosters were crowing.
From The Desired Woman by Will N. (William Nathaniel) Harben
