boat
noun
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
was boating
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past progressiveof boat.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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Dr. Marvin Moy was boating about 25 miles south of Fire Island after midnight on Oct.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
In October, a group of friends was boating near Fort Lauderdale when they discovered a white dog swimming in the ocean.
From Fox News ● Feb. 16, 2022
Last month, while everyone else was boating, hiking and generally off enjoying the glories of our Pacific Northwest summer, you were pruning the crabapple hedge.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2018
Wood, 43, was boating off the island on Thanksgiving weekend 1981 with her husband, Robert Wagner, fellow actor Christopher Walken and others when she somehow went overboard and drowned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2018
“They’ve arrested Terwilliger, and I’ve just had warning that my turn may come next, unless I can prove that I was boating that night, and I can’t.”
From Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)
