beautify
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become beautiful.
had been beautifying
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past perfect progressiveof beautify.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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She took up the cambric handkerchief which she had been beautifying with a deep lace border, and began to be very busy.
From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
