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
A group of old fakirs were capering and making a wild ado round the statue.
From Around the World in 80 Days Junior Edition by Jules Verne
Its actions were contagious, for the next minute fully a hundred of the long-legged bipeds were capering about the marsh in a frantic dance, snapping their bills, and evidently enjoying this ebullition of fantastic gambols.
From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by L. Rahey
There they are that were capering on their prancing nags four days since, and they are now ganging as dreigh and sober as oursells the day.
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
