cruise
verb (used without object)
to sail about on a pleasure trip.
was cruising
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past progressiveof cruise.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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Intel’s stock was cruising toward fresh highs after the chip maker seemingly secured its latest high-profile customer: Apple.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
SG: I was cruising around that vicinity trying to see if I could get a good vantage point to take photos of Vertigo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Clean Mistral, an LNG tanker, was cruising toward Spain from the U.S. midweek when it made a 90-degree turn to head toward of Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
But they sure did when property crime in Los Angeles was cruising along at epidemic levels in 1989!
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2025
Another was cruising the Caribbean for a month.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
