were tooting
- past progressive of toot.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Out in wooded Bracken-Park, kids were riding the ferris wheel and flying jenny; babies were being held in swings; miniature trains were tooting and whistling as kids were whirled by adoring parents.
From Time Magazine Archive
All up & down the river whistles were tooting, crowds cheering.
From Time Magazine Archive
The instruments they were tooting, plucking and tapping had been donated by an America's Promise partner, Save the Music.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whistles were tooting on every side as pilots signaled to one another.
From The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.
Some were tinkling on a sort of guitars, and some were tooting on a kind of flutes, and some were scraping on wretched fiddles.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
