swan
noun
any of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily Anserinae, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult.
was swanning
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past progressiveof swan.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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"Susan certainly lived in the fantasy world. In her head she was swanning around in the Hollywood of the 1940s, being dated by Gary Cooper," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2021
Octopussy was set largely in contemporary India, though you would be forgiven for thinking Bond was swanning around the Raj.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2018
