saddle
noun
a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
were saddling
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past progressiveof saddle.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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Even as Johnson spoke, nearly 16,000 troops of the Army's recently created "Airmobile Division" were saddling up to leave their Fort Benning, Ga., base to head for South Viet Nam.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mozara followed, and in a moment the men, assisted by the under-groom, were saddling Dasso's horse.
From The Princess Galva A Romance by David Whitelaw
Electioneering topics were not suspended even while the younger men were saddling and bridling their horses for the proposed festivity.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
As we were saddling, one native man and two women made their appearance and came close to the camp.
From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by John McDouall Stuart
Jim and I caught our horses and were saddling them when the committee came back to us and told us we could consider ourselves engaged.
From Chief of Scouts by William F. Drannan
