rhyme
noun
identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
were rhyming
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past progressiveof rhyme.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 were rhyming jokes but they didn’t have much content,” Mr. Nuriddin told the Guardian in 2014.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2018
By their mid-teens, the two were rhyming together and formed an early version of A Tribe Called Quest.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2016
So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2012
We were rhyming them and making acronyms, and it was so much fun.
From Time Magazine Archive
These were rhyming reviews of State and National questions or humorous references to peculiarities of candidates for public office.
From The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 by Jacob Piatt Dunn
