skirl
verb (used without object)
to play the bagpipe.
were skirling
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past progressiveof skirl.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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Police whistles were skirling around the house of Huang Chow.
From Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer
