caricature
noun
a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things.
had been caricaturing
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past perfect progressiveof caricature.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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A few days passed away, when Mr Knapps informed the Dominie that I had been caricaturing him and Mrs Bately, the matron, and that he had proofs of it.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
