barrage
noun
a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
had been barraging
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past perfect progressiveof barrage.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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Politicians and private citizens had been barraging Kennedy with demands that he "do something."
From Time Magazine Archive
