bud
had been budding
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past perfect progressiveof bud.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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They are similar to New York City co-ops and came to L.A. from San Francisco, where they had been budding for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
A great love for his father had been budding steadily when he fancied most it was withering, and it had burst almost at once into full bloom.
From The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
The daring idea to take the girl into his confidence and enlist her aid had been budding in his mind.
From The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border by Gerald Breckenridge
