caper
verb (used without object)
was capering
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past progressiveof caper.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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In the steeple of the Park Avenue Baptist Church a man was capering in frenzied activity, engaged with two rows of levers.
From Time Magazine Archive
I must be closer to her if I am to get the strangler into her cup, yet howl Patchface was capering about as the maester made his slow way around the table to Davos Seaworth.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
The band had struck up a noisy jig tune, and the clown was capering and tumbling wonderfully, amid roars of laughter.
From Hide and Seek by Wilkie Collins
"Close that door!" shouted Bud, grasping frantically at the money that was capering over the top of the table.
From Ted Strong's Motor Car by Edward C. Taylor
She was plainly ready for the street, an intention understood by Beppo, the late Mrs. Allerton’s red cocker spaniel, who was capering about her in the hope of sharing the promenade.
From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline
