salaam
noun
a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
were salaaming
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past progressiveof salaam.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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While we were salaaming and genuflecting and using grandiloquent phrases the bally leopard got loose, somehow.
From The Adventures of Kathlyn by Harold MacGrath
After that day I often saw before me a large white envelop, and the most expressive people in the world were salaaming before it.
From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Robert (Robert Smythe) Hichens
