boat
noun
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
had been boating
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past perfect progressiveof boat.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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The sheriff’s office said the family had been boating in Islamorada when the anchor line of their boat became caught in the propeller.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
A small ladder still hung there, for there had been boating and bathing just before dinner, and there was sure to be more or less fishing whenever the weather was favorable.
From In the Footprints of the Padres by Stoddard, Charles Warren
As he spoke, they heard peals of distant laughter, and saw six or seven of the people who had been boating scampering across the moonlit lawn toward the nearest park gates.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
When I got home I was surprised to hear that the family had been boating the previous evening, and that there had scarcely been any wind during the day.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
There had been boating and swimming and tennis and "a deuced pretty girl" down there at the resort where he had been recuperating, and yet he was glad to be back.
From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Broun, Heywood
