canter
noun
an easy gallop.
have cantered
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present perfectof canter.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She would have cantered on again, but he made her walk for, perhaps, another five minutes, until they were come to a stretch of common he knew well.
From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Georgette Heyer
I have cantered my thoroughbred along Rotten Row, eaten my truffled dinners in Belgravia, whispered my nonsense over the white shoulders of the fairest and best-born of England's daughters.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
"Not a bit of it; my fellows have cantered all through, and up to the base of the hill."
From The Brigade Commander by J. W. Deforest
She would have cantered on as the words left her lips, but something in Malcolm's looks held her.
From The Marquis of Lossie by George MacDonald
“Not a bit of it; my fellows have cantered all through, and up to the base of the hill.”
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 by Various
