were whispering
- past progressive of whisper.
Example Sentences
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As I arrived in Downing Street to interview the prime minister earlier this week, his aides were whispering about some mysterious last minute "artwork" that was yet to appear.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
Not her age, per se, but the fact that her aides and colleagues were whispering about “rapid deterioration” and increasing “befuddlement.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
It had been passed around through a bunch of people at school and people were whispering about it.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2022
But upon their arrival, locals were whispering that Mazar-e Sharif would fall to the Taliban, too.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2021
He heard the girls whispering, and soon others were whispering too.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
