detrain
verb (used without object)
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
detraining
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present participleof detrain.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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In fact, a recent study involving men in their 50s to 70s investigated the effects of completing a resistance training regimen, followed by a detraining period, then a retraining period, each consisting of 12 weeks.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2022
Why did the dead man obsess over a newsreel image of Mrs Bathurst detraining at Paddington?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2012
The destroyer Warrington was chosen by the Navy to convey Their Majesties from Sandy Hook to the Battery after detraining at Red Bank on their way from Washington to the New York World's Fair.
From Time Magazine Archive
The after-push we were with was General Kelly's rear-guard, and, detraining at Council Bluffs, it started to march to camp.
From The Road by Jack London
Special platforms were constructed for training and detraining Cavalry and Artillery, and storehouses were erected and stocked at those stations where road marching would probably commence.
From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Frederick Sleigh Roberts
