were motoring
- past progressive of motor.
Example Sentences
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I pressed a bit, but my inquiry drew only a polite smile, followed by trivia about the waxy yellow plants we were motoring past:“They’re called ‘neverwet’, and you can guess why.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2021
Soon we were motoring south with a dive master and a cook.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2018
It ruined the heart of his season, just as Spieth and Day were motoring.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2015
Back in Carman township, Ill., distraught family members, unaware that the Graftons were motoring aimlessly, reported them missing.
From Time Magazine Archive
That branches, logs, parts of trees, were motoring towards them at some speed.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
