neigh
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a horse; whinny.
were neighing
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past progressiveof neigh.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 horses were neighing above the battering thunder of their hoofs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Facing him was the sad but stubborn heroine with the count beside her, and their horses, tethered to a nearby oak, were neighing and pawing the ground, impatient to be off.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
There were legions of armed men; hundreds of thousands of horses were neighing on the field; hundreds of thousands of buffaloes, of sheep and of camels, fed near the herds of horses.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Horses were neighing; tent canvases flapped, while equestrians urged their hacks forward amid a crowd of pedestrians rushing to get places along the barriers.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
Carts were creaking; horses were neighing; men were shouting—this wild race of the Ancient Russians was marching to collect tribute.
From Tales of the Wilderness by Boris Pilniak
