motor
noun
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
were motoring
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past progressiveof motor.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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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
Just back from Havana whence the Cuban police had hustled him away, Capone, his brother John and two friends were motoring on Biscayne Boulevard when two detectives stopped their car, haled them to headquarters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon, however, we were motoring down the village high street, and then the shops had gone and we found ourselves in open country.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
