- present participle of cruise.
cruising
Example Sentences
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"We're getting a great reception on the Bann and just cruising along."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
A travel content creator who spent years working as a cruise ship musician, he says river cruising remains a mythic fantasy for a lot of younger travelers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
But then he was back to cruising, retiring 12 of the next 13 batters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
But as the knock-out rounds got under way, Fayer was cruising off the coast of Tuscany in a motor boat with friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
In the two hours that he had been cruising the French Quarter, he had captured no one.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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