bicycle
noun
a vehicle with two wheels in tandem, usually propelled by pedals connected to the rear wheel by a chain, and having handlebars for steering and a saddlelike seat.
was bicycling
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past progressiveof bicycle.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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But one day last month, he was bicycling through the streets of his neighborhood on his day off.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2021
In the late 1990s, Larry was bicycling on the Washington & Old Dominion Trail when he passed the old train depot in Vienna that houses the headquarters of Northern Virginia Model Railroaders.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2020
On the morning of July 9, Rowan Malmberg was bicycling west on 50th Street North about 9:30 a.m. when she came to the stop sign at Lake Elmo Avenue.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2018
Authorities believe the boy was bicycling or walking with the bicycle along 15th Street when the truck struck him.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2016
I was bicycling a day or two ago in a secluded valley under the purple heights of Ingleboro'.
From The Upton Letters by Arthur Christopher Benson
