raft
noun
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials.
were rafting
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past progressiveof raft.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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Marczak said he had begun the film almost by accident, when he and his wife were rafting down the river thinking about a fiction project when they ran into trouble.
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
They had gained the river bank where booms lined the shore, and scores of men were rafting.
From The Man in the Twilight by Ridgwell Cullum
