hitchhike
verb (used without object)
to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.
was hitchhiking
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past progressiveof hitchhike.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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Police said the suspect was "hitchhiking" to the Nelspruit area when she was arrested by officers who were conducting routine patrols in the town of Lydenburg, also known as Mashishing.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
My character, Navin Johnson, was hitchhiking from a small farm in Missouri to the big city.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2020
Manny Aragon, the state’s one-time Senate president, tells the story of driving to the Statehouse in a January 1977 snowstorm and picking up a middle-aged Navajo man who was hitchhiking in Albuquerque.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2019
Taylor was hitchhiking to her home in nearby La Honda from a friend’s house in Palo Alto on March 24, 1974, when she vanished.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2019
Edick said he was hitchhiking around “preaching the gospel on foot” as part of his legacy as a preacher’s son.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2016
