were somersaulting

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of somersault.
  somersault

  noun

  an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.

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