canter
noun
an easy gallop.
had cantered
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past perfectof canter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Yet Scotland shot back with wing Duhan van der Merwe going over in the corner after replacement Stafford McDowall had cantered through the heart of England's defence.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2025
This was the day after she had cantered beside Mrs. Hoover in the Blue Ridge mountains.
From Time Magazine Archive
Weatherby, who had cantered off to get in touch with them,...
From The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade August 1914 to March 1915 by Lord Edward Gleichen
Nevertheless, their eyes and their strange legend pursued and haunted him long after he and Jessie had cantered away from the herb-doctor's door.
From True and Other Stories by George Parsons Lathrop
Her mother had no objection to offer to this; but as soon as the horseman had cantered down the drive toward the highway, Mrs. Dornell’s sympathy with Betty’s recalcitration began to die out.
From A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy
