resound
verb (used without object)
to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
were resounding
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past progressiveof resound.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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Jewish lyrics to Leonard Cohen and Santana songs were resounding across the field, and tie-dye shirts abounded.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2023
Your responses, from Oklahoma to Harvard, were resounding: it’s time to celebrate differently.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2014
There were resounding boos, too, when she was shown shaking the hand of losing coach Alejandro Sabella.
From US News ● Jul. 13, 2014
The results were resounding: 105 of the 127 communities that voted chose to end the Sunday restriction, often by huge margins.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2011
Thomas Hardy, whose touches always seem true to nature, describes in one of his books an early summer scene from amid which “the loud notes of three cuckoos were resounding through the still air.”
From Locusts and Wild Honey by John Burroughs
