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
It seemed that they had been galloping like this for an infinity of time, and Andrew was numb from the shoulders down.
From Way of the Lawless by Max Brand
Soon after he heard a shout of some sort, which he tried to believe was “Tally-ho!” and the scattered huntsmen, who had been galloping about in all directions, converged into a stream.
From The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Mr. Joll, who had been galloping round the farmyard with a small girl of three on his back, and a boy of six tugging at his coat-tails, pulled up, and wiped his good-natured face.
From The Ship of Stars by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
They had been galloping recklessly over the open crevices in the soil.
From The King's Jackal by Richard Harding Davis
