amble
verb (used without object)
to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter.
were ambling
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past progressiveof amble.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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Then, at the end of the fifth day, they were ambling back to their car when the group spotted a termite mound located off the path.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2022
Their free-floating cousins, the feather stars, were ambling by, looking to grab the same particles of food.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2021
When they unfurled Robert Johnson’s “Sweet Home Chicago,” an older man and woman were ambling by, and at the very sight of Abby the man was spellbound.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2018
OK, maybe that’s wishful thinking, but not many hikers would need persuading if they were ambling along the trail and came across the Tillamook Ice Creamery.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2017
They were on their return journey, riding southward along the road towards Plymouth; their tired horses were ambling side by side.
From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Robert Leighton
