caper
verb (used without object)
had been capering
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past perfect progressiveof caper.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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One of their horses had been capering; nay, here were their footsteps on the threshold.
From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Henry Kingsley
In truth that was precisely his feeling,—as if he had been capering madly on the brink of some fearful abyss which he could not see until it was revealed to him in a terrifying flash.
From The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair
Accordingly, one morning, after he had been capering on deck and blowing a rude whistle, he said to the captain: "When do you intend to sail?"
From The Log School-House on the Columbia by Hezekiah Butterworth
