troop
noun
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
were trooping
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past progressiveof troop.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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At the end of the match the Juventus players were trooping off the field, when two more pitch invaders arrived.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2018
The Beatles are all old Merseyside types, and only a few million dollars ago they were trooping around the rock clubs there, playing for carfare like everyone else.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the M.P.s were trooping out of the chamber, Attlee deliberately joined Churchill.
From Time Magazine Archive
Profits at Tiffany jumped 34%, to a record $39 million in 1995, even as mass merchants such as Caldor and Jamesway were trooping into bankruptcy court and closing hundreds of stores.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then we were trooping to the staff elevator.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
