stampede
noun
a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
was stampeding
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past progressiveof stampede.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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By that date, the dreaded Spanish flu was stampeding through New Mexico, and officials, slow to react to the threat, were desperately trying to turn it back.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2020
Angry and edgy, the Taliban still manned most checkpoints, and they would be especially suspicious of Waheed because he was from Panjshir, a province aligned with the American-backed Northern Alliance that was stampeding toward Kabul.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2011
Trains cannon above as if a herd of bison was stampeding across the vaulted ceiling; the audience is beleaguered by the sound.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2010
After receiving a note from Manhattan's police department protesting that his wild bull automobile was stampeding traffic, Firpo moved across the Canadian border and showed off in Montreal.
From Time Magazine Archive
The audience was stampeding, and the circus men were trying to straighten things out.
From Peck's Bad Boy at the Circus by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck
