brim
noun
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink.
had been brimming
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past perfect progressiveof brim.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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Where "Sgt. Pepper" had been brimming with pomp and Technicolor, The White Album was alive with awe-inspiring grace and soul-destroying darkness.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2018
He had been brimming over with passion and sentiment, and here they had strayed away into a field rife with some of life's hardest facts.
From The Tigress by Anne Warner
Into the eyes that had been brimming with tears, and, immediately after, with glee, there came once again a hardness, a determination.
From Coquette by Frank Swinnerton
