Example Sentences

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The video showed the 59-year-old TV personality walking alongside a stopped vehicle and approaching one of several bikers who had been cruising down the busy street.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024

The proposal had been cruising through the Legislature, overwhelmingly passing the state House and a Senate policy committee.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023

Verstappen had been cruising to victory until a couple of caution periods in the final part of the race.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2022

Berit still tears up over the memory of a Chicago woman who had been cruising with her husband three years ago when she became ill.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2016

In the two hours that he had been cruising the French Quarter, he had captured no one.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole