gallop
verb (used without object)
to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed.
is galloping
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present progressiveof gallop (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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Hanging over everything is uncertainty over the pandemic’s trajectory, at a time when the delta variant of the coronavirus is galloping across the country.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
By the time Holt is galloping through flames and Vandevere is threatening to kill Dumbo’s mom — matricide being a studio signature — the movie has gone enjoyably bonkers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2019
Alas, my time is galloping to an end.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2018
The dark brown thoroughbred is galloping not around a racetrack but across open farmland that is staked out on this late-April afternoon with red and white flags.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2015
The pale mare is galloping through their siege camps.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
