were signalling
- past progressive of signal.
Example Sentences
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By Monday afternoon Washington time, both Israel and Iran were signalling the round between them was over.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Prominent Republicans like Foreign Relations Committee Chair Richard Burr were signalling reluctance to support the president's choice.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2019
Her lips even moved, as though she were signalling to him.
From A People's Man by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
He walks on the ramparts of the old keep, and looks off towards the lake, as if he were watching a boat, and sometimes he waves his arms, as if he were signalling.
From The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Harland, Henry
They were signalling the other searchers that the child was found.
From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
