zing
noun
vitality, animation, or zest.
were zinging
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past progressiveof zing.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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By then, Communist bullets were zinging through every part of the ship, but the men wisely had brought steel plates up to the bridge to protect their helmsman, a 19-year-old mechanic called Bodo.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even as he spoke, the Perak Derby was being run on the track at Ipoh, tin-mining capital of the worst-terrorized state in the Federation, and golf balls were zinging around Kuala Lumpur course.
From Time Magazine Archive
