babble
verb (used without object)
to utter sounds or words imperfectly, indistinctly, or without meaning.
had been babbling
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past perfect progressiveof babble.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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A witness testified that hours before the killing, Lepore had been babbling about aliens and a government cover-up.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2017
While Halfman had been babbling, Evander had again been busy with his staff.
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
For two days the major had been babbling of wine and water, been beholding things that were not, been hurling jewels at imaginary vultures.
From The Flying Legion by George Allan England
