bay
noun
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
had been baying
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past perfect progressiveof bay.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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I now felt sure that the dogs were bitten by a snake, which they had been baying when I heard them in the bush about five minutes before.
From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Sir Samuel White Baker
