amble
verb (used without object)
to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter.
was ambling
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past progressiveof amble.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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His son Eric Trump was ambling around the clubhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
He said it was "ambling down the road without a care in the world".
From BBC ● May 30, 2023
The 15-year-old Mariners fan was ambling along the T-Mobile Park concourse with friends and family last week when I spotted him in a Julio Rodriguez jersey.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
I was ambling along the back roads that crisscross the Mason-Dixon line the other day and chanced on an alluring mom-and-pop garden center on the Pennsylvania side.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2016
A third old woman, smaller than the other two, was ambling toward them through the trees with unnerving quiet.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
