adorn
verb (used with object)
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments.
had been adorning
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past perfect progressiveof adorn.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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For a long time she had been raising an altar in her heart to that entity called the People, and she had been adorning it with all the virtues.
From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys
