splash
verb (used with object)
to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter.
were splashing
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past progressiveof splash.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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No wonder so many bathers — including one mermaid in her element — were splashing around Semiahmoo Bay off the beaches of White Rock, B.C.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
At the pool that day, girls were splashing, laughing, bobbing below the surface and coming back up, their faces wet and smiling.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2022
At the fountain to the right, I saw another family with young children who were splashing in the water.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2020
And though Beyoncé and her dancers were splashing in a pool of water as they performed it, they didn’t look soothed at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2016
Waves were splashing over the dwarfs’ heads, and they were gulping air, and their eyes were round with fear when Suttung the giant reached out and plucked first Fjalar and then Galar from the waves.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
