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.
jauntnouna short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
Example Sentences
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Dr. Belknap last week was jaunting in the Arctic.
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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.
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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.
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