jet
noun
a stream of a liquid, gas, or small solid particles forcefully shooting forth from a nozzle, orifice, etc.
was jetting
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past progressiveof jet.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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A short time later, Ms. Noem was jetting back to the capital, this time in less grand fashion, after requesting a meeting with Mr. Pence.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2020
There may be another play to form a trilogy with “Kings” and “Dry Powder,” although as “Kings” prepared to open at Studio last weekend, Burgess was jetting to Los Angeles to discuss possible screen projects.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2018
The next day he was jetting down to the Georgia woods to play a bona fide devil in the Season 6 finale of “The Walking Dead.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 8, 2017
Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA At the height of his powers, Irish property tycoon Derek Quinlan was jetting around buying hotels as if skipping across a Monopoly board.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 3, 2013
So while I thought Mom was jetting between the Maldives and Bermuda, Camille thought she was hiding in Fiji.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
