blast
noun
a sudden and violent gust of wind.
had been blasting
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past perfect progressiveof blast.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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“Tell this mayor to release the body cam,” Kenithia Alston said Saturday, speaking from the bed of a truck where a band had been blasting go-go music.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2020
During the short ceremony, the restaurant’s sound system, which had been blasting Fetty Wap, was silenced.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2017
He also noted that many Dutch fans had been blasting the horns — orange ones, of course.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2010
Nethercutt, who had been blasting Foley for months, seemed genuinely surprised by the Democrat's new tone.
From Time Magazine Archive
The workmen had been blasting the big rocks, and on one of the rocks a lot of mussels were sticking.
From The Magic World by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar
