gallop
verb (used without object)
to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed.
have been galloping
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present perfect progressiveof gallop.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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He may as well have been galloping astride all four horses of the Apocalypse, with flames and floods chasing the thundering hoofs.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2020
National marriage figures aren’t yet available for 2016, but anecdotally, since the election, same-sex couples have been galloping down the aisle.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2017
The horses came, &c. &c. and I have been galloping through the pine forest daily.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
Myself, Von Neuwied, and Lintz have been galloping over the whole forest.
From Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
Only yesterday he should have been galloping around the bases in fantastic costume at the Senior-Faculty game.
From Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University by Charles K. (Charles Kellogg) Field
