bombard
verb (used with object)
to attack or batter with artillery fire.
had been bombarding
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past perfect progressiveof bombard.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 antenna had been bombarding Voyager 2's area with the correct command, in the hope of somehow making contact, Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the Voyager missions, said.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2023
For weeks Sidney James's Pacific Coast staff had been bombarding us with copy on the coast's present situation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fleet had been bombarding Tokyo the result might have been different.
From Time Magazine Archive
The impression he wanted to give was that Group Two was the Force that had been bombarding Coar, coming in now to join him.
From Tulan by C. C. MacApp
He took his place again at San Miniato, which the enemy had been bombarding for a month.
From Michelangelo by Romain Rolland
