age
noun
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to.
had been ageing
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past perfect progressiveof age.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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Eric, who had been ageing, was very much cast down by it.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett
My last glimpse ... the old man--I remember now how the grey had spread through his beard--he was growing old--it had been ageing labour.
From The Mystery by Stewart Edward White
