troop
noun
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
was trooping
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past progressiveof troop.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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Ms. Cooper offered to find him a short-term rental, but “he is a soldier for real,” she said, and “he was trooping it out until closing.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2011
Before him, and just outside the door, a herd of cattle was trooping past.
From The Unknown Wrestler by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody
By this time the audience was trooping in, and seating itself upon the beds, and by frantic clapping clamored for the entertainment to begin.
From The Princess of the School by Frank Wiles
The whole party was trooping to the vestry.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
A herd of deer was trooping out from the edge of the cypress woods—at that corner where the rail-fence separated the savanna from the cultivated fields.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
