yacht
noun
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
were yachting
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past progressiveof yacht.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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Valetta and Primrose were yachting, so that the distraction was less, and Captain Armytage lingered round, taking messages, and looking in wistful earnestness for some one to be disengaged.
From The Long Vacation by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The other girls were yachting with some Cape May friends.
From Madge Morton's Victory by Amy D. V. Chalmers
They had already left Florida, and were yachting up the Atlantic coast on their way home when the message reached them.
From Two Little Knights of Kentucky by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Zena mentioned you were yachting with a Mrs. Selborne down here.
From The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles by Percy James Brebner
