gambol
verb (used without object)
to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
was gamboling
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past progressiveof gambol.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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Stung by defeat, the haughty Austrian team benched famed Karl Schranz, 21, and Anderl Molterer, 28, the sleek playboy who was gamboling away his off hours in nearby Crystal Bay.
From Time Magazine Archive
In one instant he was out of his night-gown, in another he was on the bulwark, in a third he was gamboling luxuriously in sixty fathoms of salt-water.
From Miss or Mrs? by Wilkie Collins
He had gone perhaps fifty yards when Lass was gamboling merrily around his feet.
From Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune
Their lost lamb was gamboling in blessed pastures.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
A little lamb was gamboling, Upon a pleasant day, And four grey wolves came shambling, And stopped to see it play In the sun.
From Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk by Howard Pyle
