were hitchhiking
- past progressive of hitchhike.
Example Sentences
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“I don’t care if you were driving a Bentley or you were hitchhiking to the beach. You knew the Craw and you loved the Craw.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
In November, Creech and his 17-year-old girlfriend were hitchhiking in Idaho when two traveling housepainters picked them up.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
They were hitchhiking and they held a hand-lettered sign that read, simply: “French.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2021
We were hitchhiking through the wine country, and a sunbaked old farmer picked us up and drove us all around his vineyard while we sat in the back of his truck.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 2, 2018
“Oh, you mean at August’s. We were hitchhiking and got let out at Tiburon. We knocked on August’s door, and she gave us a bed. That’s it.”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
