traipse
verb (used without object)
to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal.
was traipsing
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past progressiveof traipse.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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Of course, as everyone else in the process was preparing for session, he was traipsing across Iowa.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Yet around the same time that Roosevelt was traipsing through Africa and slaughtering these rotund mammals, other Americans were planning on bringing hippopotamuses to their own country.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022
Chaban was traipsing through the woods in East Hampton for an article about a man trying to sell his land to the town.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2014
At three, his roly-poly daughter, Louise, was traipsing around the course after him, swinging at golf balls with a baseball grip.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was traipsing toward them with the grace of a dancer, the wrinkles once covering her face vanished.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
