ricochet
noun
the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting from a surface one or more times as a result of a glancing blow.
were ricocheting
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past progressiveof ricochet.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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Bubbles were ricocheting off the hull with the boat at rest.
From Time Magazine Archive
But suddenly the two big men were ricocheting angrily from wall to wall while the rest of us scrambled for cover.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fact, the surprise and the question were ricocheting through the pop-music trade last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was weeping now, and tears were ricocheting off her lovely crimson cheeks on to the carpet; her whole body was trembling.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
