bike
had been biking
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past perfect progressiveof bike.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 lot of people that had been biking in the area also shared some helpful knowledge.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022
A truck hit a 23-year-old visitor from Australia who had been biking.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2019
My brother-in-law, Matt, and I had been biking on the Rimrocks, near Billings, Mont., a vast outcropping of amber sandstone that encircles the northern edges of the city like a mythological fortification.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2014
