avail
verb (used with object)
to be of use or value to; profit; advantage.
had been availing
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past perfect progressiveof avail.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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The mill, as though satisfied that its protests against being driven to work at such an hour had been availing, quieted once more, and the place was still.
From The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill by Ruel Perley Smith
