were careering
- past progressive of career.
Example Sentences
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We were already out-accelerating the cops years before Mack Sennett’s “Keystone Kops” were careering around the hills of Edendale, and before the “Fast & Furious” franchise made it look enthralling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Britain and other allies were careering toward another showdown with Iraq.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Look, aeroplanes!” said Michael, as they stopped before a window in which toy aeroplanes were careering through the air on wires.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
Still, however, above the heights and depths, above forest and meadow, the wild spring blasts were careering, sounding their note of promise and of victory.
From Saint Michael A Romance by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
There were swarthy troops from every nation of the African coast, together with legions from Syria and Egypt, while the light Bedouins were careering about the adjacent plain.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord
