broach
noun
an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
had been broaching
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past perfect progressiveof broach.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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So I thought I would feel my way to developing an idea we had been broaching, Julius and I, just that very time by the obelisk.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
