rampage
noun
violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive.
were rampaging
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past progressiveof rampage.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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Pelosi, like the rest of us, surely didn’t see that chilling footage until later, but she knew the rioters were rampaging through the Capitol, ransacking offices and smearing feces.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2022
In January 1951, Reep's RAF team were rampaging through their matches.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022
Soon, representatives of Aristophil were rampaging through auctions around Europe and the United States, outbidding everyone for anything of quality.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2020
In Central China, usually free of strong Red forces, the Communists were rampaging along the strategic east-west Lunghai railway, and staging diversionary raids down to the Yangtze River.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everywhere ignorant commissioners were rampaging about the country imitating the ignorant ferocity of this Dowsing and Jessop.
From Vanishing England by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
