dismount
verb (used without object)
to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
are dismounting
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present progressiveof dismount.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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At the foot of the first hill, from which firing proceeds, a squadron of the Border Mounted Rifles are dismounting, and now two lines of khaki figures are climbing steadily up the hill.
From Impressions of a War Correspondent by George Lynch
"They are dismounting, and will come up the zig-zag way; we had better meet them at the top of it," said Stefan.
From Princess Maritza by Percy James Brebner
You can see what his order meant now, for his men are dismounting.
From A Lieutenant at Eighteen by Oliver Optic
Those who carry them are dismounting to load.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
How different are they from our sombre friends of the —th, who, miles and marches away to the southeast, are dismounting and unsaddling under the cottonwoods!
From Marion's Faith. by Charles King
