carry
verb (used with object)
to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport.
had been carrying
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past perfect progressiveof carry.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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It said the bus had been carrying 44 passengers, 28 of them children.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
The MV Hondius had been carrying 147 passengers and crew from 23 countries after departing from Ushuaia, southern Argentina, on 1 April.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Libya's port authority said the ship had been carrying roughly 62,000 metric tonnes of LNG intended for Egypt.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
One of the men who had been carrying the stone lost his grip and dropped it.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
The old man they’d passed earlier lay on the muddy street, surrounded by the women who had been carrying him.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
