scream
verb (used without object)
to utter a loud, sharp, piercing cry.
were screaming
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past progressiveof scream.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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Ten minutes and a flutter of scissor kicks later, my thighs felt like concrete pylons, and my hip flexors, which I was previously unacquainted with, were screaming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
"It was a beautiful day and then people were screaming, running," she told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
But if you listened to talk radio, people were screaming their heads off.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
"Today I think was really a lot of disrespectful moments when they were screaming between my first and second serve. Like really loud, like just to make me make a mistake," she told reporters later.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Mothers were screaming the names of their lost children, and the lost children cried in vain.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
