beam
noun
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
had been beaming
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past perfect progressiveof beam.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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Even as the girl spoke, the sphere, which had been beaming in the centre of the silent square like a mighty white jewel, began to flush with angry red.
From Gulliver of Mars by Edwin Lester Linden Arnold
Margery's countenance, which before had been beaming with expectation, lost its brightness: her lips became close, and her voice broken.
From The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid by Thomas Hardy
"When will we have anything to eat from our garden?" asked Mother Blake one day, when the Summer sun had been beaming down on the green things for a week.
From Daddy Takes Us to the Garden The Daddy Series for Little Folks by Howard Roger Garis
But there was a shadow now upon a countenance which a moment before had been beaming.
From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Eleanor Gates
The three boys who had been beaming on him with good humor in their eyes stared blankly.
From The Jester of St. Timothy's by Arthur Stanwood Pier
