caper
verb (used without object)
were capering
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past progressiveof caper.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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The great cartoon fowls — Daffy Duck above all, of course, but also Donald and Daisy and Foghorn Leghorn and Henery Hawk — were capering capons safe from human predation.
From Time ● Oct. 31, 2013
THE pretty things of Knightsbridge were capering around Hyde Park in the sun, as white-haired old sailors made their way into the Royal Thames Yacht Club to nap.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2011
The white mice were capering and gamboling about their palatial abodes, all unconscious that poor André had been stricken down.
From Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter by Oliver Optic
They were capering, and talking, and laughing; but no ear was bent, and no eye seemed turned towards me.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid
The edge of the plateau, leading down into the great depression was now black with the Eskimos and Indians, who were capering about, gesticulating wildly.
From Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, or, the Wreck of the Airship by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
