were tittering
- past progressive of titter.
Example Sentences
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Lights were coming on in the different buildings around the complex and people were tittering around.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2017
All the girls were tittering and giggling at the way Isao and Lois held hands and looked at each other.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
The audience had now spotted me and were tittering and pointing.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Mr. Bumble, seeing with excruciating feelings, the delight of the two old paupers, who were tittering together most rapturously, hesitated for an instant.
From Oliver Twist by Dickens, Charles
The small fry, startled out of caution, were tittering in hysterical excitement.
From The Dark House by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)
