breakfast
noun
the first meal of the day; morning meal.
had been breakfasting
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past perfect progressiveof breakfast.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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While affairs were at this triumphant juncture, Mr. Freely one morning observed that a stone-carver who had been breakfasting in the eating-room had left a newspaper behind.
From Brother Jacob by George Eliot
He twisted his head in the direction of the pavilion, where they had been breakfasting.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by William Dean Howells
They had met in front of the Giappone, the fashionable restaurant of Leghorn, where Gasparo had been breakfasting with a couple of his friends.
From Vestigia Vol. I. by George Fleming
He had been breakfasting at some Arlesian Delmonico's, and had partially lost his wits before coming to the encounter, while retaining all his courage.
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by William Young
A tall, fair girl had stepped out of the room where he had been breakfasting, and was standing by his elbow.
From The Missioner by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
