jaunt
noun
a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
was jaunting
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past progressiveof jaunt.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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The wheeze of his laughter was never stilled whether he was jaunting in Ireland, following the British in North Africa and Ethiopia, or covering a sea battle in the Mediterranean.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Belknap last week was jaunting in the Arctic.
From Time Magazine Archive
With his wife and comely daughter, Dr. Hugo Eckener, famed airship master, was jaunting through Germany in his shiny new Maybach-Zeppelin touring car, long, low, slate-blue with dark blue upholstery, glittering nickel.
From Time Magazine Archive
