gallop
verb (used without object)
to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed.
am galloping
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present progressiveof gallop (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Yes; I heard him talking to our general—I am galloping, you know, for Lord Cardigan, who was mad to be at them, I can tell you, but he wasn't allowed."
From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Arthur Griffiths
I am galloping towards Poland, and rereading all your letters,—I have but three of them, .
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Juanita Helm Floyd
But I am galloping on a-head foolishly in thinking of this, and am counting up my wealth while the crockery in my basket is so very fragile.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
“Oh!” thought I, “I may as well be sure as to whom I am galloping after.”
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid
