ride
verb (used without object)
to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
was riding
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past progressiveof ride.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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Taylor, 20, is also from Burgess Hill and was riding his legal motorbike to work one day when he overtook two bikes as they pulled out from a junction.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani was riding high earlier this summer after fulfilling a campaign pledge to tax the wealthy, helping elect three progressive congressional candidates and handing the victorious Knicks the keys to the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“The reason that I’m not dead, honestly, is the car that we were driving,” she continued in her update, adding that 360-degree airbags in the “tiny Kia” she was riding in saved their lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The tepid showing illustrated how the Warner Bros. studio has fallen since last year when it was riding high at the box office with “Sinners,” and “A Minecraft Movie.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
A man on a horse was riding toward the big house.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
