elope
is eloping
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present progressiveof elope (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You are supposed to be the father of the young man who is eloping, and you want to prevent him.
From The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida by Laura Lee Hope
I’ve heard from Anne that Mona is eloping with that awful Lansing man!”
From Patty's Social Season by Carolyn Wells
We believed we were not liable to arrest, but policemen, when one is eloping, have a forbidding look.
From A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') by Sara Jeannette Duncan
It is necessary, therefore, to be very quiet in the death-chamber, while the Linga Sharira is eloping.
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by G. W. (George William) Foote
A man must have his comforts, even if he is eloping.
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
