mouth
were mouthing
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past progressiveof mouth.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 incessantly talked over each other so intensely that no viewer could possibly understand anything they were mouthing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
As it got to £13,000, they were mouthing, “Oh my God!” to me.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2020
They were mouthing words through the glass: “He’s inside! There is somebody inside the house!”
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2016
Ms. Ellwood grew so desperate to find moments that synched, she said, that she even hired a lip reader to transcribe what the people were mouthing, in hopes of finding matching audio.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2011
They were mouthing soundlessly at Dumbledore, apparently too appalled to speak.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
