gallop
verb (used without object)
to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed.
had been galloping
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past perfect progressiveof gallop.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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Earlier in the day, the cleaves of each small hoof-print had been deep and splayed, which meant it had been galloping.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Lady Verner's groom had been galloping on horseback to Verner's Pride.
From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
Hamilton had been galloping back and forth night and day between Lafayette's division and Headquarters, wherever they happened to be, and reconnoitring constantly.
From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Hartledon took out his watch, and wondered whether it had been galloping, when he saw how late it was.
From Elster's Folly by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
No two had been galloping together; their tracks converged or crossed one another—now zigzagging, now running in right lines, or sweeping in curves and circles over the plain.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
