motor
noun
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
had been motoring
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past perfect progressiveof motor.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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The voice message case had been motoring along under the radar as various sports and entertainment celebrities sued, and were sometimes paid off, for instances of hacking.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2014
Her lips were pale, and rather dry, as if she had been motoring in a chilly wind.
From The Guests Of Hercules by M. Leone Bracker
Well, I expect David found out that Roane had been here—that he had been motoring with you—and Angelica was obliged to find some excuse.
From The Builders by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
He had been motoring through, and he had, on seeing the warehouse burning, abandoned his machine for a closer view.
From Love Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart
His mother had been motoring; her cheeks were flushed, and her dark clothes heightened, by their contrast, her colour.
From The Golden Scarecrow by Sir Hugh Walpole
