had been blunting

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of blunt.
  blunt

  adjective

  having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp.

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