were cantering
- past progressive of canter.
Example Sentences
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With 18 minutes and 34 seconds on the clock here, Leicester had three points safely secured and they were cantering to victory.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2019
The animals were cantering easily, when suddenly a deeper gloom than usual overspread the valley like a pall.
From A Waif of the Mountains by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
A man and a girl were cantering leisurely toward him.
From Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs by Ollivant, Alfred
The open veldt now lay outstretched before them, and Suffield and the two Dutchmen were cantering on some distance ahead.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram
Mounted figures crested the sky line—whites—who, to the number of a score and a half, were cantering rapidly towards the still smoking ruins.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram
