canter
noun
an easy gallop.
had been cantering
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past perfect progressiveof canter.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He had been cantering gleefully along, and had the very distinct impression of having run up against a stone wall.
From Michael by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
They had been cantering up to the point where they began the walk, but one horse had shied violently on passing the invalid in the rickshaw.
From The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' by Harold Begbie
