was philandering
- past progressive of philander.
Example Sentences
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Did the beauteous damsel about whom Horatio, Lord Nelson, raved in 1782, when, as Commander of H. M.'s frigate Albemarle, he was philandering in Quebec, ever live here?
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
And the net result of it all was that Peter, irrevocably bound to another woman, had fallen in love with Nan, while the latter was philandering desperately with a totally unsuitable second string.
From The Moon out of Reach by Pedler, Margaret
And the thought that he was philandering his time away with those Caws made me ready for almost anything.
From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
The lady was philandering with an orange ice.
From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.
She was still abroad, and he heard from time to time that Mavick was philandering about from capital to capital in her train.
From The Golden House by Warner, Charles Dudley
