ram
noun
a male sheep.
were ramming
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past progressiveof ram.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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As fast as if I were ramming home a shell, I lifted off the hive while Mac pulled out a couple of combs swarming with bees.
From S.O.S. Stand to! by Reginald Grant
With a live matchcord attached to the hammer, it was all too easy to set off a musket while you were ramming in the charge.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
They were ramming into it powder by the horn full.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
Meantime, having withdrawn our small shot, we were ramming down bullets as fast as we could.
From Adventures in Africa By an African Trader by William Henry Giles Kingston
We had leaped back into the ravine, which, here was fully eight feet deep and roomy, and were ramming cartridges.
From Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson
