sprint
verb (used without object)
to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
were sprinting
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past progressiveof sprint.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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The next, orange Baltimore Orioles jerseys were sprinting around the bases, what had seemed like a storybook night going suddenly wrong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025
His Tampa Bay Rays teammates were sprinting out somewhere else, celebrating the wildest win any of them had likely ever witnessed, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, stunned, were slouching off the field.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2020
Suddenly they were sprinting into the sea at full-pace, with spray going everywhere.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2018
Other times, inexplicably, he just stays in base reading over Felicity’s shoulder, like this past week when Arsenal and Canary were sprinting around trying to save the Glades, and probably could have used his help.
From Forbes ● Feb. 8, 2015
Guests were sprinting in all directions; many were Disapparating; the protective enchantments around the Burrow had broken.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
